Weather Records on 8 March 2023

1,208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 2023. Highest significance: Nurnberg, DE.

Key Facts for 8 March 2023

On 8 March 2023, 1,208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
378 were record highs and 377 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,156 daily.
Nurnberg set a daily record precipitation of 33.9 mm (1.3 in) on 8 March 2023.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,208 stations

1,208 station records on 8 March 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Nevada City	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Schluchtern-Herolz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Colfax	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Shoshoni	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Northdale	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Berus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hamilton	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Lake 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roberts	Cayman Islands [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Jones Rs	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lee Vining	United States	Record snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Constantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grafenberg-Kasberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley #2	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kitzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Almora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Savage River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pirmasens	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,208 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 199, Lowest daily maximum 237, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 268, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 142.

Records on 8 March 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	199
Lowest daily maximum	237
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	142

Records on 8 March 2023 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 46, daily 1,156.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,027 broken records

Margins by which the 1,027 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1193.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 2023

Top 20 records on 8 March 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 2023	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	137 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 March 2023	Nevada City, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	86.3 cm (34.0 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Schluchtern-Herolz, DE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Saarbrucken/Ensheim, DE	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Gregory Downs Outstation, AU	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	West Leichhardt Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	102 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Colfax, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Ft Jones Rs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Shoshoni, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Calton Hills Station, AU	daily rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Northdale, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2023	Berus, DE	monthly rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2023	Rheinstetten, DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2023	Sandhamn, SE	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2023	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2023	Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2023	Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2023	Ely AP, US	daily snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	70 years	54 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2023. 2023 had 1,208 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 200	1,003
200 to 400	19
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	1