Weather Records on 8 March 1993

613 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1993. Highest significance: Riverton, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1993

On 8 March 1993, 613 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 607 daily.
Riverton set a daily record snow depth of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 8 March 1993.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

613 stations

613 station records on 8 March 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Worland	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barnes STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Viola	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Do Sarmento	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Santa Cecilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City Perry Creek	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbala (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Black Springs (Swatchfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Corner (Wingadeena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Old Bakery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pyengana (Forest Lodge Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blowering Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sprague River 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Greenmantle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plano Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Brazos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shepaug Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheaville 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucas Heights (Ansto)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

613 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 8 March 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 8 March 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 607.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

489 broken records

Margins by which the 489 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 1993

Top 20 records on 8 March 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1993	Riverton, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1993	Worland, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1993	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1993	Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1993	Ft Bidwell, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Barnes STN, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Sisters, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Mundarlo (Yabtree), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Medina, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Tootool (Bryntirion), AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Ilford (Warrangunyah), AU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Woodstock Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Opossum Bay, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Passo Viola, BR	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Cowra Ag Research Station, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1993	Southport, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	88 years	43 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1993. 1993 had 613 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	456
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	1