Weather Records on 8 March 1931

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1931. Highest significance: Toronto, CA.

Key Facts for 8 March 1931

On 8 March 1931, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 383 daily.
Toronto set a daily record snowfall of 31.8 cm (12.5 in) on 8 March 1931.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 8 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 8 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 8 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 383.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

340 broken records

Margins by which the 340 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1397.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 1931

Top 20 records on 8 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1931	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1931	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Corning, US	daily snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Quincy, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Barrie, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Lockport 2SE, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Lakefield, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Quincy, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Beatrice, CA	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1931	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	18 years	44 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1931. 1931 had 402 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	326
200 to 400	12
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1