Weather Records on 8 March 2009

1,300 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 2009. Highest significance: Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU.

Key Facts for 8 March 2009

On 8 March 2009, 1,300 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
716 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,261 daily.
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij set a daily record precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 8 March 2009.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

1,300 stations

1,300 station records on 8 March 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nundroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yaninee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kokatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay M.O	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.2 mm (7.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lysa Hora	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kewanee 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waiakea Scd 88.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	322.1 mm (12.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Express AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toulon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho Beach 93.11	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lacon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,300 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 532, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 395, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 8 March 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	532
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	395
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 8 March 2009 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 1,261.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,047 broken records

Margins by which the 1,047 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 2009

Top 20 records on 8 March 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 2009	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	119 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 March 2009	Morris 1NW, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	115 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Nome AP, US	all-time snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	89 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	115 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Peotone, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Clyde Lock 26, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Eskridge, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Pandora, US	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Iowa City, US	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 March 2009	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	115 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2009	Cayuga Lock #1, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2009	Heron 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2009	Rock Is L&D 15, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	137 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2009	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	57 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2009. 2009 had 1,300 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	1,021
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2