Weather Records on 8 March 1942

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1942. Highest significance: Arthur City, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1942

On 8 March 1942, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 479 daily.
Arthur City set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 8 March 1942.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 8 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arthur City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	351.5 mm (13.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coorara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 8 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 8 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 5, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1942

Top 20 records on 8 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1942	Arthur City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Luakaha Lower 782, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Winona Lake, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Haileybury, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Golaghat, IN	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Veedersburg, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Paris, US	all-time snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Paauhau 217, US	all-time rain	351.5 mm (13.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Emsdale, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Angola, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1942	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1942	Tuscola, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1942	Kukuihaele Mill 206, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1796 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1942. 1942 had 488 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-08 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1798	1
1802	1
1807	1
1811	2
1813	1
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	3
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	5
1867	1
1872	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1882	1
1883	3
1884	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1891	3
1892	5
1893	4
1895	2
1896	6
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	6
1903	21
1904	14
1905	4
1906	18
1907	3
1908	9
1909	16
1910	47
1911	56
1912	10
1913	46
1914	44
1915	23
1916	36
1917	61
1918	23
1919	20
1920	84
1921	113
1922	39
1923	94
1924	127
1925	193
1926	255
1927	151
1928	190
1929	144
1930	222
1931	402
1932	1,344
1933	125
1934	283
1935	256
1936	186
1937	151
1938	147
1939	379
1940	258
1941	486
1942	488
1943	1,091
1944	494
1945	164
1946	541
1947	316
1948	404
1949	807
1950	531
1951	1,029
1952	325
1953	453
1954	429
1955	558
1956	895
1957	509
1958	589
1959	295
1960	1,252
1961	733
1962	571
1963	239
1964	933
1965	294
1966	279
1967	1,019
1968	1,207
1969	1,031
1970	417
1971	528
1972	711
1973	1,035
1974	2,042
1975	551
1976	649
1977	1,042
1978	1,089
1979	434
1980	867
1981	1,254
1982	1,104
1983	1,200
1984	826
1985	617
1986	1,357
1987	1,489
1988	754
1989	1,669
1990	1,152
1991	673
1992	1,325
1993	613
1994	1,257
1995	2,142
1996	3,109
1997	653
1998	1,898
1999	1,104
2000	3,068
2001	751
2002	1,443
2003	1,075
2004	1,052
2005	978
2006	1,360
2007	773
2008	1,675
2009	1,300
2010	1,464
2011	738
2012	746
2013	892
2014	618
2015	835
2016	902
2017	607
2018	454
2019	851
2020	661
2021	481
2022	883
2023	1,208
2024	430
2025	905
2026	1,282

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	384
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	2