Weather Records on 8 March 1980

867 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1980. Highest significance: Forsyth 6 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1980

On 8 March 1980, 867 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 853 daily.
Forsyth 6 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 8 March 1980.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

867 stations

867 station records on 8 March 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kinuso Rs	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Portland 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roseway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Curryville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford City 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sand Mt Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Ester	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coutinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

867 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 464, Heaviest daily snowfall 109, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 8 March 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	464
Heaviest daily snowfall	109
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 8 March 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

751 broken records

Margins by which the 751 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 1980

Top 20 records on 8 March 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1980	Forsyth 6 NNW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1980	Port Hastings, CA	monthly rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1980	Enterprise, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1980	Kenton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1980	Kinuso Rs, CA	daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1980	Canton, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1980	Olho Dagua, BR	monthly rain	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Lafayette 2W, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Adairsville, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Rome, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Taylorsville, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Portland 1 SW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Cartersville #2, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Syracuse, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Port Hope, CA	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Gainesville, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Wymore, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Valley Head, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1980	Cedartown, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	47 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1980. 1980 had 867 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 1980-03-08: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	670
50 to 100	58
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1