Weather Records on 9 March 2008

1,201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 March 2008. Highest significance: Batavia, US.

Key Facts for 9 March 2008

On 9 March 2008, 1,201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
490 were record highs and 338 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 1,129 daily.
Batavia set a daily record snowfall of 41.4 cm (16.3 in) on 9 March 2008.
Across 169 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,201 stations

1,201 station records on 9 March 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 March 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Batavia	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.4 cm (16.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Prospect	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Surry Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Errol	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Farmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati-Fernbank	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sutur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,201 records

Records set or tied on 9 March 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 254, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 236, Lowest daily minimum 262, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 117.

Records on 9 March 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	254
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	236
Lowest daily minimum	262
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	117

Records on 9 March 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 69, daily 1,129.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

958 broken records

Margins by which the 958 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 March 2008

Top 20 records on 9 March 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 March 2008	Batavia, US	daily snowfall	41.4 cm (16.3 in)	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2008	Wanakena Rngr School, US	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	71 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2008	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2008	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	108 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2008	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2008	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	95 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 March 2008	Prospect, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Freeville 1 NE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Marianna 2 S, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Marysville, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Woodstock, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Springfield Wtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Erie Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Chardon, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Flemingsburg 2 N, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 March 2008	Candor 2SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 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

1798 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2008. 2008 had 1,201 records.

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

Records on 03-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1807	1
1808	2
1811	3
1813	2
1814	1
1815	1
1824	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1855	1
1858	1
1860	1
1862	2
1863	2
1864	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	6
1893	6
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1901	3
1902	9
1903	29
1904	8
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	36
1909	14
1910	21
1911	35
1912	25
1913	100
1914	66
1915	39
1916	53
1917	52
1918	32
1919	57
1920	23
1921	89
1922	31
1923	148
1924	104
1925	211
1926	133
1927	107
1928	187
1929	210
1930	114
1931	387
1932	1,604
1933	136
1934	266
1935	288
1936	350
1937	172
1938	209
1939	400
1940	263
1941	366
1942	453
1943	679
1944	685
1945	107
1946	249
1947	249
1948	857
1949	436
1950	382
1951	777
1952	266
1953	338
1954	689
1955	629
1956	452
1957	547
1958	534
1959	138
1960	1,155
1961	416
1962	552
1963	349
1964	1,148
1965	305
1966	478
1967	731
1968	771
1969	858
1970	403
1971	457
1972	957
1973	930
1974	1,694
1975	639
1976	635
1977	1,418
1978	952
1979	856
1980	444
1981	1,199
1982	879
1983	996
1984	1,365
1985	710
1986	965
1987	1,043
1988	743
1989	1,504
1990	1,140
1991	447
1992	1,377
1993	658
1994	1,897
1995	1,910
1996	3,236
1997	759
1998	1,710
1999	1,369
2000	2,384
2001	838
2002	1,514
2003	1,120
2004	1,162
2005	937
2006	1,129
2007	634
2008	1,201
2009	1,110
2010	1,409
2011	958
2012	909
2013	1,015
2014	982
2015	655
2016	1,285
2017	678
2018	435
2019	901
2020	759
2021	746
2022	1,209
2023	1,119
2024	536
2025	656
2026	1,050

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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	881
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	9
250 to 300	5