Weather Records on 23 March 2008

956 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 2008. Highest significance: Akola, IN.

Key Facts for 23 March 2008

On 23 March 2008, 956 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
358 were record highs and 356 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 919 daily.
Akola set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 23 March 2008.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

956 stations

956 station records on 23 March 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Collerina (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hierro/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
W Allis	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Boca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Cerrito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Bundyulumblah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pogibi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Yappalee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.1 C (-29.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record low maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zacualtipan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xantippe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jinnah Intl	Pakistan	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
U C L A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
N Is NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jagdalpur	India	Record low maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	Syria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Poplars	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamishli	Syria	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial Beach Ream Fld NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jabalpur	India	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alcalde	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Javier	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hama	Syria	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

956 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 247, Lowest daily maximum 200, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 23 March 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	247
Lowest daily maximum	200
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 23 March 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 33, daily 919.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

801 broken records

Margins by which the 801 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 2008

Top 20 records on 23 March 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 2008	Akola, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2008	Mangalore/Bajpe, IN	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2008	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	127 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2008	Gadag, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2008	Pendra Road, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2008	Collerina (Kenebree), AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Hierro/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	W Allis, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	La Boca, MX	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Nagpur Sonegaon, IN	daily low max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	El Cerrito, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Wanganella (Bundyulumblah), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Pogibi, RU	monthly high max	8.0 C (46.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Brewarrina (Yappalee), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2008	Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn), MX	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	5 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

1796 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2008. 2008 had 956 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 100	789
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1