Weather Records on 1 March 2008

887 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 2008. Highest significance: Idaho City, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 2008

On 1 March 2008, 887 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
432 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 855 daily.
Idaho City set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 1 March 2008.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

887 stations

887 station records on 1 March 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Idaho City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin Gateway 10SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Silvituc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Pocitas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Copital	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Satus Pass 2 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magueyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hularin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Desviacion Alta Al Pedregal	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Raaf	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Providencia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ephraim	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salinillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwillard Dashields L&D	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
North Springs 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

887 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 1 March 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 1 March 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

720 broken records

Margins by which the 720 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 2008

Top 20 records on 1 March 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 2008	Idaho City, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2008	Aspendell, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	98 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Tatarsk, RU	daily high min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Walford 2 SE, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Gallatin Gateway 10SSW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Silvituc, MX	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Northfield, US	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	144 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Wien, AT	daily high max	16.8 C (62.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Oravska Lesna, SK	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily high min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Melstone, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Las Pocitas, MX	monthly low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	Ixtlahuacan (Smn), MX	monthly high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2008	El Copital, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	38 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

1808 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2008. 2008 had 887 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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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	671
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	16
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2