Weather Records on 8 March 1962

571 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1962. Highest significance: Walgett (Dungalear), AU.

Key Facts for 8 March 1962

On 8 March 1962, 571 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 554 daily.
Walgett (Dungalear) set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 8 March 1962.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

571 stations

571 station records on 8 March 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bangate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Telemon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paramirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
North Yancho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Bundabarina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pokataroo (Durhambone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regina	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broadholm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Noondoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

571 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 83, Deepest snow cover 68.

Records on 8 March 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	83
Deepest snow cover	68

Records on 8 March 1962 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 12, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1962

Top 20 records on 8 March 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1962	Walgett (Dungalear), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1962	Hebel Store, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1962	Rolleston, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1962	Bangate, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1962	Angledool (Angledool Station), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1962	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1962	Telemon Station, AU	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Goodooga (Willawillingbah), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Merrywinbone (Oreel), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Lightning Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	New Angledool Telephone Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Brewarrina (Talawanta), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Carinda (Boorooma), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Paramirim, BR	monthly rain	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Dale Enterprise, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	North Yancho, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Collarenebri (Bundabarina), AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Boomi (Barwon St), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1962	Pokataroo (Durhambone), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	44 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1962. 1962 had 571 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 1962-03-08: 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 100	462
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	3