Weather Records on 8 March 1970

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1970. Highest significance: Potsdam, DE.

Key Facts for 8 March 1970

On 8 March 1970, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 401 daily.
Potsdam set a daily record snow depth of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 8 March 1970.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

417 stations

417 station records on 8 March 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saoner	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phulwari	India	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isakapally	India	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	228.0 cm (89.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	164.0 cm (64.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 8 March 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 8 March 1970 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 401.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1970

Top 20 records on 8 March 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1970	Potsdam, DE	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1970	Lima, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	List/Sylt, DE	monthly snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Saoner, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Mystic Lake, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Angus 1 N, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Brandenburg-Gorden, DE	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Mystic Lake, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Phulwari, IN	monthly rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Tallahassee, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Geisenheim, DE	monthly snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Milan, IT	daily low max	2.0 C (35.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	162 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Wyola 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Adoni, IN	monthly rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1970	Isakapally, IN	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	38 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1970. 1970 had 417 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 100	313
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1