Weather Records on 8 March 1966

279 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1966. Highest significance: Tiruvangadi, IN.

Key Facts for 8 March 1966

On 8 March 1966, 279 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 279 daily.
Tiruvangadi set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 8 March 1966.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

279 stations

279 station records on 8 March 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vernonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nqutu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elkton 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Magadan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lulea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartline	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

279 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 8 March 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 8 March 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 279.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 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 1966

Top 20 records on 8 March 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1966	Tiruvangadi, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1966	Vernonia, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1966	Porto, BR	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1966	Huichapan, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1966	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	23.2 C (73.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1966	Montpelier Rs, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1966	Chilliwack, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Brookings, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Virden, CA	daily high max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Waterville, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Newport, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Grace, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Snowtown, AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Oujda, MA	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1966	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	60 years	27 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1966. 1966 had 279 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	203
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1