Weather Records on 8 March 1968

1,207 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1968. Highest significance: Claremont Pomona Clg, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1968

On 8 March 1968, 1,207 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
728 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 1,191 daily.
Claremont Pomona Clg set a daily record precipitation of 89.9 mm (3.5 in) on 8 March 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,207 stations

1,207 station records on 8 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tracy Carbona	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Island (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Covina City Yard Fc387B	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Dalton Dam Fc223C	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Currais Novos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Magiwirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Ni Fc102C	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonita	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manypeaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Monica	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cadoux	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kayballup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chamingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,207 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 291, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 437, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 401, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	291
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	437
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	401
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 1,191.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,064 broken records

Margins by which the 1,064 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1968

Top 20 records on 8 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1968	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	74 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1968	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1968	Tracy Carbona, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1968	Castellon de la Plana, ES	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Arundel, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Nicholson, AU	monthly rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Yorba Linda, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Oxley Island (Lyndhurst), AU	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Covina City Yard Fc387B, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Big Dalton Dam Fc223C, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	U C L A, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Torrance AP, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Currais Novos, BR	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Long Beach Pub Svc, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Avoca, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1968	Palermo, IT	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	129 years	50 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1968. 1968 had 1,207 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 20	975
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3