Weather Records on 8 March 2014

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 2014. Highest significance: Canon City, US.

Key Facts for 8 March 2014

On 8 March 2014, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
337 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 612 daily.
Canon City set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 8 March 2014.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

618 stations

618 station records on 8 March 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Gilead 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enontekio Kilpisjarvi Kylakesk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinedale	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flint 7W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McHenry Stratton Lock/Dam	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gilman	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berridale (Myack Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bound Brook 2W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grant	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandusky	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomer	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koror	Palau	Record low minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitney Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Katoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth: Mountbatten	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lille-Lesquin	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 8 March 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 8 March 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 612.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 257.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 2014

Top 20 records on 8 March 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 2014	Canon City, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2014	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2014	Lapeer Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Albion 1 N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Georgetown, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	109 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	114 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Mt Gilead 4 W, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Enontekio Kilpisjarvi Kylakesk, FI	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Annex Creek, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Detroit Metro AP, US	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Howell Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Kilauea 1134, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Valdosta 2 S, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily high min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	128 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2014	Ploumanac'h, FR	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	65 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2014. 2014 had 618 records.

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

Records on 03-08 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1798	1
1802	1
1807	1
1811	2
1813	1
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	3
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	5
1867	1
1872	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1882	1
1883	3
1884	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1891	3
1892	5
1893	4
1895	2
1896	6
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	6
1903	21
1904	14
1905	4
1906	18
1907	3
1908	9
1909	16
1910	47
1911	56
1912	10
1913	46
1914	44
1915	23
1916	36
1917	61
1918	23
1919	20
1920	84
1921	113
1922	39
1923	94
1924	127
1925	193
1926	255
1927	151
1928	190
1929	144
1930	222
1931	402
1932	1,344
1933	125
1934	283
1935	256
1936	186
1937	151
1938	147
1939	379
1940	258
1941	486
1942	488
1943	1,091
1944	494
1945	164
1946	541
1947	316
1948	404
1949	807
1950	531
1951	1,029
1952	325
1953	453
1954	429
1955	558
1956	895
1957	509
1958	589
1959	295
1960	1,252
1961	733
1962	571
1963	239
1964	933
1965	294
1966	279
1967	1,019
1968	1,207
1969	1,031
1970	417
1971	528
1972	711
1973	1,035
1974	2,042
1975	551
1976	649
1977	1,042
1978	1,089
1979	434
1980	867
1981	1,254
1982	1,104
1983	1,200
1984	826
1985	617
1986	1,357
1987	1,489
1988	754
1989	1,669
1990	1,152
1991	673
1992	1,325
1993	613
1994	1,257
1995	2,142
1996	3,109
1997	653
1998	1,898
1999	1,104
2000	3,068
2001	751
2002	1,443
2003	1,075
2004	1,052
2005	978
2006	1,360
2007	773
2008	1,675
2009	1,300
2010	1,464
2011	738
2012	746
2013	892
2014	618
2015	835
2016	902
2017	607
2018	454
2019	851
2020	661
2021	481
2022	883
2023	1,208
2024	430
2025	905
2026	1,282

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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	494
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	2