Weather Records on 27 March 2008

944 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 2008. Highest significance: Gettysburg, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 2008

On 27 March 2008, 944 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
406 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 872 daily.
Gettysburg set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 27 March 2008.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

944 stations

944 station records on 27 March 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warrandyte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minderoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Headquarters	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuatenco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uchur	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 6SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoseda Hard	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vermont Transport Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Javier	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inza	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yalleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juiz de Fora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pechora	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

944 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 237, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 27 March 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	237
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 27 March 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 68, daily 872.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

768 broken records

Margins by which the 768 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

27 March 2008

Top 20 records on 27 March 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 2008	Gettysburg, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Warrandyte, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Ust Tzilma, RU	monthly high min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Minderoo, AU	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	137.5 mm (5.4 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Moorcroft 3S, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Davenport, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Headquarters, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Kremmling, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Findlay AP, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Laketown, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Gatton Allan Street, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl, AU	monthly rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Biser, RU	daily high min	1.2 C (34.2 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2008	Ottawa, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	42 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

1805 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2008. 2008 had 944 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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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	748
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1