Weather Records on 8 March 2006

1,360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 2006. Highest significance: Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE.

Key Facts for 8 March 2006

On 8 March 2006, 1,360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
511 were record highs and 247 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 1,341 daily.
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf) set a daily record precipitation of 25.6 mm (1.0 in) on 8 March 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

1,360 stations

1,360 station records on 8 March 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barendrecht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Michelstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aceituna Wtp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poortugaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Culemborg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao Fish Hatchery	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jochmus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rdam-Waalhaven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ulcanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szczecin	Poland	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg	Germany	Record snow depth	111.0 cm (43.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wutoschingen-Ofteringen	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufbeuren	Germany	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,360 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 492, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 8 March 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	492
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 8 March 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 1,341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,144 broken records

Margins by which the 1,144 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 2006

Top 20 records on 8 March 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 2006	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2006	Clover Valley, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2006	Saentis, CH	daily rain	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2006	Lands End Station, AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2006	Helmond, NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2006	Mancos 1SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2006	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Meeker, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Wilbur, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Kurrajong, AU	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	110 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Barendrecht, NL	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Cedar Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Michelstadt, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Werrina Station, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	117 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Warwick Park, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Rosedale Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2006	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	40 years	47 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2006. 2006 had 1,360 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 50	1,096
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2