Weather Records on 8 March 1972

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1972. Highest significance: Fort St James, CA.

Key Facts for 8 March 1972

On 8 March 1972, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
416 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 699 daily.
Fort St James set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 8 March 1972.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 8 March 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coolum Beach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Langara	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smithers A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Spencer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maroochydore Swan Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dancy	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 328, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 8 March 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	328
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 8 March 1972 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 699.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

588 broken records

Margins by which the 588 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1972

Top 20 records on 8 March 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1972	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1972	Ketchikan AP, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Alderley, AU	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Powell Creek, AU	monthly rain	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Megan (the Mount), AU	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Deer Vale, AU	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Russell Island, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Cle Elum, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Coolum Beach Post Office, AU	daily rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Bowraville (Weeroona), AU	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Langara, CA	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Kyogle Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Amatikulu, ZA	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1972	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	39 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1972. 1972 had 711 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 1972-03-08: 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	562
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1