Weather Records on 8 March 1985

617 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1985. Highest significance: Port-Gentil, GA.

Key Facts for 8 March 1985

On 8 March 1985, 617 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 602 daily.
Port-Gentil set a monthly record daily precipitation of 492.0 mm (19.4 in) on 8 March 1985.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

617 stations

617 station records on 8 March 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	492.0 mm (19.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Theodore Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Green Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dwellingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altair	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kure Reg Met HQ	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheshunt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.0 mm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.8 mm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baker City AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akune	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iwakuni	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	51.1 cm (20.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cracow Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Imbil Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shimonoseki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ulupna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley (the Prairies)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carnamah	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
York Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burley Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

617 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 8 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 8 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1985

Top 20 records on 8 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1985	Port-Gentil, GA	monthly rain	492.0 mm (19.4 in)	290.6 mm (11.4 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1985	Theodore Dpi, AU	daily rain	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Ft Hall 1 NNE, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Giligulgul, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Woorarra, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Green Grove, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Peachester, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Henichesk, UA	daily low min	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Dwellingup, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Podor, SN	daily high min	26.5 C (79.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	127 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Donnybrook, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Maleny Tamarind St, AU	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Montville "Craglands", AU	daily rain	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Davenport, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Altair, BR	daily rain	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Hiroshima, JP	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Izuhara, JP	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Simferopol, UA	daily low min	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1985	Kure Reg Met HQ, JP	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1985. 1985 had 617 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 1985-03-08: 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	467
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1