Weather Records on 8 March 1979

434 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1979. Highest significance: Soyland I Gjesdal, NO.

Key Facts for 8 March 1979

On 8 March 1979, 434 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 423 daily.
Soyland I Gjesdal set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 8 March 1979.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

434 stations

434 station records on 8 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alto Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lame Deer	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Denver-Stapleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wanless	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St John's A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhata Bay	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

434 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 73.

Records on 8 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	73

Records on 8 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

340 broken records

Margins by which the 340 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1979

Top 20 records on 8 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1979	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Sanborn, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Aseral, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Storm Lake, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Red Rvr, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Maryvale Station, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Port Hastings, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Stanton, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Irkutsk, RU	daily high min	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Randolph, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1979	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1979	Milan 1NW, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1979	Sidney, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1979	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1979	Kostroma, RU	daily high max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1979	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 March 1979	Aurora Water, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	32 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1979. 1979 had 434 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	292
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1