Weather Records on 8 March 1961

733 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1961. Highest significance: Cedar Rapids #1, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1961

On 8 March 1961, 733 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
273 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 713 daily.
Cedar Rapids #1 set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 8 March 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

733 stations

733 station records on 8 March 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rock Island 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ona	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sevierville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

733 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 129, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 8 March 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	129
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 8 March 1961 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

616 broken records

Margins by which the 616 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1961

Top 20 records on 8 March 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1961	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1961	Cedar Rapids 2, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1961	Rock Island 2 NW, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Elkader 6 SSW, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Algona, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Delaware 3 WSW, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Delaware 3 WSW, US	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Corning, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Pocahontas, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Decorah, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Independence #1, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Grand Meadow, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Hampton, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Northwood, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1961	Ona, NO	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	48 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1961. 1961 had 733 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 1961-03-08: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	544
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	13
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1