Weather Records on 8 March 1990

1,152 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1990. Highest significance: Machilipatnam, IN.

Key Facts for 8 March 1990

On 8 March 1990, 1,152 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
576 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,106 daily.
Machilipatnam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 281.9 mm (11.1 in) on 8 March 1990.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,152 stations

1,152 station records on 8 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dierks	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Horatio	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Antoine 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waterkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart 9 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eldora	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,152 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 301, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 275, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 434, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 8 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	301
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	275
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	434
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 8 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 42, daily 1,106.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

984 broken records

Margins by which the 984 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1990

Top 20 records on 8 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1990	Machilipatnam, IN	monthly rain	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	63 years	78 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1990	Cambridge, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1990	Jefferson, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1990	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	84 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1990	Crystal Valley, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1990	Eldorado Springs, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	81 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1990	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	112 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1990	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	monthly rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1990	Amity, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Dierks, US	monthly rain	181.9 mm (7.2 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Chugwater, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Horatio, US	monthly rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Fordyce, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Forest Lake 5NE, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Lake Cormorant, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Wills Pt, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Helena, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Antoine 1 SW, US	all-time rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1990	Bluff City 3 SW, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	49 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1990. 1990 had 1,152 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 100	971
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1