Weather Records on 8 March 1992

1,325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1992. Highest significance: Oelrichs, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1992

On 8 March 1992, 1,325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
863 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 1,311 daily.
Oelrichs set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 8 March 1992.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

1,325 stations

1,325 station records on 8 March 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glenrock 5 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise Beryl Jct	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenrock 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsall 8 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wah Wah Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santo Angelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yucca 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsall 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akmolla	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,325 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 263, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 600, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 8 March 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	263
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	600
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 8 March 1992 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 1,311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,032 broken records

Margins by which the 1,032 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 431.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1992

Top 20 records on 8 March 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1992	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1992	Dull Ctr 1SE, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1992	Glenrock 5 ESE, US	daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1992	Ravenna, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Ferron, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Mitchell 5E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Flagstaff AP, US	daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Bright Angel Rs, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Enterprise Beryl Jct, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Palmer Job Corps, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Ciudad Serdan (Smn), MX	all-time high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Glenrock 5 ESE, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Wilsall 8 ENE, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Vernal, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Wah Wah Rch, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Colorado Springs Muni AP, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Dull Ctr 1SE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1992	Storm Lake, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	98 years	45 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1992. 1992 had 1,325 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	1,013
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1