Weather Records on 8 March 2001

751 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 2001. Highest significance: Spur, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 2001

On 8 March 2001, 751 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 725 daily.
Spur set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 8 March 2001.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

751 stations

751 station records on 8 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yeso 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milyunup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cocobeach	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cranham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Dairyville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.5 mm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Matador	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anson	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olney	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Lake	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Telixtlahuaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Guerrero	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

751 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 8 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 8 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

616 broken records

Margins by which the 616 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 2001

Top 20 records on 8 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 2001	Spur, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2001	Newkirk, US	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2001	Friona, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Yeso 2 S, US	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Milyunup, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Cocobeach, GA	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Lubbock, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Cranham, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Tatum, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Upper Orara (Dairyville), AU	daily rain	201.5 mm (7.9 in)	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Levelland, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Iroquois, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Matador, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Elida, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Melrose, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Portales, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2001	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2001. 2001 had 751 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	577
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	2