Weather Records on 8 March 1998

1,898 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1998. Highest significance: Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 1998

On 8 March 1998, 1,898 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
393 were record highs and 352 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,822 daily.
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 8 March 1998.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

1,898 stations

1,898 station records on 8 March 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bethany	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Homer 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
San Lorenzo 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sweet Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koran	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lukachukai	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barnard	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waco 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,898 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 228, Heaviest daily rainfall 745, Heaviest daily snowfall 273, Deepest snow cover 135.

Records on 8 March 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	228
Heaviest daily rainfall	745
Heaviest daily snowfall	273
Deepest snow cover	135

Records on 8 March 1998 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 71, daily 1,822.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,609 broken records

Margins by which the 1,609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1998

Top 20 records on 8 March 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1998	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	106 years	77 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Concordia, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	104 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Claremore 2 ENE, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Bethany, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Homer 1N, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	104 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Clay Ctr, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Brundidge, US	daily rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Hammond, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	95 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Weeping Water, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Manhattan, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1998	Minneapolis, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1998	Cottonwood Weir, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1998	Tifton, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1998	Albion, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1998	Auburn 5 ESE, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1998	Utica, US	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1998	San Lorenzo 1SW, PR	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	57 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1998. 1998 had 1,898 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	1,529
100 to 200	66
200 to 300	11
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1