Weather Records on 8 March 1950

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1950. Highest significance: Georgetown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 March 1950

On 8 March 1950, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 513 daily.
Georgetown Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 162.8 mm (6.4 in) on 8 March 1950.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 8 March 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thurulgoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	302.5 mm (11.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coongoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel de Queiroz (Muxiopo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Ryde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	272.3 mm (10.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pialaway Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Yanda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale (Gilgai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albert (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 343, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 8 March 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	343
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 8 March 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1950

Top 20 records on 8 March 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1950	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1950	Sussex, AU	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1950	O'Neill, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Mingela Post Office, AU	daily rain	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Canbelego Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Collerina (Corrella), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Prestwood Station, AU	daily rain	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Disraeli, CA	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Thurulgoona, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	O'Neill, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	302.5 mm (11.9 in)	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Katandra, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Woodhouse, AU	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1950	Nevertire (Beverley), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1950. 1950 had 531 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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Data for records on 1950-03-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	448
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1