Weather Records on 8 March 1988

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1988. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1988

On 8 March 1988, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 730 daily.
Bottineau set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 8 March 1988.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 8 March 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Natal Est, Mount Edg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lattakia	Syria	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Castillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record snow depth	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frasers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Encampment 10 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schneifelforsthaus	Germany	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	113.0 cm (44.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hallnas-Lund	Sweden	Record snow depth	122.0 cm (48.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spitshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	144.0 cm (56.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uniteit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roetgen	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nagold	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 8 March 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 8 March 1988 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 18, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1988

Top 20 records on 8 March 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1988	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery, ZA	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Intake, ZA	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Upham 3 N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Edenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Experiment Station, ZA	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Willow City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Natal Est, Mount Edg, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Lattakia, SY	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Los Castillos, MX	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Alexandria Chandler Fld, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Kempten, DE	daily snow depth	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Reddersburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Kafferrivier (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Madrid, ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Prairie du Chien, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Kloofend, ZA	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1988	Beeac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	68 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1988. 1988 had 754 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 1988-03-08: 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 100	584
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	1