Weather Records on 14 March 2008

845 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 2008. Highest significance: Ashton 1N, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 2008

On 14 March 2008, 845 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
561 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 814 daily.
Ashton 1N set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 14 March 2008.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

845 stations

845 station records on 14 March 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ishun'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Straubing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rodeo (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record low maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Owase	Japan	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toamasina	Madagascar	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Botkinburg 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzylorda	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cucurpe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troickoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huesca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Capulhuac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Naco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

845 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 331, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 14 March 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	331
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 14 March 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 814.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 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

14 March 2008

Top 20 records on 14 March 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 2008	Ashton 1N, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2008	Oregon City, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2008	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2008	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2008	Chief Joseph Dam, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Ishun', UA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Straubing, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Gadag, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Snake Rvr, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Chitradurga, IN	daily low max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Cochetopa Creek, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Eddystone Point, AU	daily high max	30.7 C (87.3 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Rodeo (Dge), MX	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Saint Anthony, US	monthly snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily high max	35.8 C (96.4 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Ixtlahuacan (Smn), MX	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2008	Buzau, RO	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	107 years	41 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

1810 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2008. 2008 had 845 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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	670
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1