Weather Records on 24 March 2008

1,368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 2008. Highest significance: Princetown, AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 2008

On 24 March 2008, 1,368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
428 were record highs and 559 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 1,297 daily.
Princetown set a daily record precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 24 March 2008.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,368 stations

1,368 station records on 24 March 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
El Cuyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mombasa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Allis	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagykanizsa	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgundam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Gertrudis	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record low maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bajkit	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum/Sambra	India	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soljanka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kahmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Severo-Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hama	Syria	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
U C L A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alcalde	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,368 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 241, Lowest daily maximum 339, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 220, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 260.

Records on 24 March 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	241
Lowest daily maximum	339
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	220
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	260

Records on 24 March 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 70, daily 1,297.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,183 broken records

Margins by which the 1,183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 2008

Top 20 records on 24 March 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 2008	Princetown, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 March 2008	Mangalore/Bajpe, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2008	El Cuyo, MX	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2008	Tres Zapotes, MX	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Twin Lakes Rsvr, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily low max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Mombasa, KE	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Mersa Matruh, EG	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Tbilisi, GE	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	W Allis, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Urjupinsk, RU	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Newport, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Elatma, RU	daily high min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Ft Kent, US	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Buynaksk, RU	monthly high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2008	Saentis, CH	daily low max	-14.1 C (6.6 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

1794 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2008. 2008 had 1,368 records.

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

Records on 03-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1847	1
1850	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	1
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	20
1896	10
1897	7
1898	6
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	11
1903	33
1904	8
1905	13
1906	24
1907	31
1908	20
1909	25
1910	40
1911	4
1912	23
1913	83
1914	36
1915	24
1916	29
1917	27
1918	20
1919	22
1920	53
1921	41
1922	31
1923	94
1924	65
1925	76
1926	328
1927	129
1928	277
1929	554
1930	82
1931	102
1932	240
1933	206
1934	731
1935	219
1936	346
1937	336
1938	449
1939	554
1940	1,504
1941	258
1942	176
1943	210
1944	367
1945	699
1946	212
1947	394
1948	321
1949	324
1950	383
1951	373
1952	779
1953	955
1954	489
1955	1,227
1956	607
1957	533
1958	440
1959	171
1960	855
1961	359
1962	343
1963	499
1964	1,094
1965	1,994
1966	633
1967	893
1968	1,217
1969	1,057
1970	219
1971	638
1972	466
1973	728
1974	1,667
1975	926
1976	448
1977	454
1978	508
1979	1,058
1980	506
1981	900
1982	559
1983	1,118
1984	487
1985	418
1986	987
1987	962
1988	1,165
1989	1,072
1990	1,537
1991	919
1992	760
1993	1,210
1994	1,379
1995	1,287
1996	873
1997	779
1998	1,222
1999	522
2000	780
2001	921
2002	598
2003	693
2004	1,338
2005	864
2006	1,162
2007	1,963
2008	1,368
2009	920
2010	647
2011	888
2012	1,631
2013	1,670
2014	948
2015	597
2016	737
2017	651
2018	817
2019	361
2020	575
2021	1,018
2022	881
2023	1,538
2024	820
2025	1,207
2026	2,004

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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	1,170
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2