Weather Records on 20 March 2008

993 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 2008. Highest significance: Takamatsu, JP.

Key Facts for 20 March 2008

On 20 March 2008, 993 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 968 daily.
Takamatsu set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 20 March 2008.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

993 stations

993 station records on 20 March 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Takamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
De Koog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oost Vlieland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hulshorst	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nijkerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spakenburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elspeet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Frederiksoord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lunteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beekbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lijnden (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harskamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kootwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harderwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emmeloord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmonde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Voorthuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nelaug	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ellington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
De Cocksdorps	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvaardersdiep	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barneveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Edam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vaassen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boylefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Veenendaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eerbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hokah Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Matsue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weesp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wapenveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eenrum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oldebroek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rodeo (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oud Alblas	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

993 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 509, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 20 March 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	509
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 20 March 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 968.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

854 broken records

Margins by which the 854 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

20 March 2008

Top 20 records on 20 March 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 2008	Takamatsu, JP	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2008	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2008	De Koog, NL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Oost Vlieland, NL	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Hulshorst, NL	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Nijkerk, NL	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Spakenburg, NL	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Elspeet, NL	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Frederiksoord, NL	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Lunteren, NL	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Beekbergen, NL	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Lijnden (Nh), NL	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Harskamp, NL	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Kootwijk, NL	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Hamersveld, NL	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Amsterdam, NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Harderwijk, NL	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2008	Emmeloord, NL	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	51 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 993 records.

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

Records on 03-20 in each year
Year	Records
1808	3
1818	1
1822	2
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	3
1850	1
1852	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	11
1866	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	2
1887	3
1888	5
1889	5
1890	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	8
1901	6
1902	13
1903	34
1904	12
1905	6
1906	16
1907	17
1908	4
1909	6
1910	20
1911	35
1912	12
1913	42
1914	51
1915	22
1916	46
1917	49
1918	40
1919	31
1920	52
1921	93
1922	49
1923	275
1924	76
1925	121
1926	103
1927	298
1928	258
1929	56
1930	86
1931	492
1932	117
1933	354
1934	243
1935	408
1936	245
1937	220
1938	394
1939	240
1940	486
1941	390
1942	325
1943	378
1944	611
1945	636
1946	435
1947	299
1948	697
1949	352
1950	367
1951	788
1952	589
1953	350
1954	303
1955	719
1956	527
1957	516
1958	467
1959	293
1960	594
1961	332
1962	363
1963	447
1964	525
1965	2,020
1966	367
1967	784
1968	819
1969	374
1970	912
1971	377
1972	635
1973	422
1974	755
1975	932
1976	989
1977	352
1978	863
1979	712
1980	458
1981	712
1982	1,189
1983	1,179
1984	775
1985	636
1986	666
1987	867
1988	1,044
1989	793
1990	1,496
1991	1,205
1992	654
1993	1,014
1994	1,040
1995	857
1996	1,147
1997	1,801
1998	963
1999	793
2000	894
2001	1,048
2002	1,698
2003	1,166
2004	1,701
2005	602
2006	1,353
2007	1,053
2008	993
2009	445
2010	1,264
2011	1,003
2012	3,051
2013	762
2014	800
2015	521
2016	450
2017	1,331
2018	587
2019	530
2020	1,006
2021	487
2022	667
2023	975
2024	520
2025	848
2026	3,126

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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	827
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1