Weather Records on 8 March 1976

649 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 1976. Highest significance: Jamestown, ZA.

Key Facts for 8 March 1976

On 8 March 1976, 649 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 634 daily.
Jamestown set an all-time record daily precipitation of 115.5 mm (4.5 in) on 8 March 1976.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

649 stations

649 station records on 8 March 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Anna	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marshmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Simplicio Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goodnight Scrub Res 169	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Natal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maud	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
King Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rodessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Driekoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daingerfield 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

649 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 456, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 8 March 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	456
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 8 March 1976 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 11, daily 634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

586 broken records

Margins by which the 586 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

8 March 1976

Top 20 records on 8 March 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 1976	Jamestown, ZA	all-time rain	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 March 1976	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1976	Anna, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1976	Groenfontein "Montagu", ZA	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1976	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 1976	Marshmoor, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Den Haag, ZA	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	North Lake, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Healdton 3 E, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Mt Pleasant, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Simplicio Mendes, BR	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Hofmeyer (Mun), ZA	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Scheurfontein, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Stockdale, ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Ida, ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Dequeen, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Hughenden, ZA	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 1976	Taylor, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	51 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 649 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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Data for records on 1976-03-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	576
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2