Weather Records on 8 March 2020

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 March 2020. Highest significance: New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN.

Key Facts for 8 March 2020

On 8 March 2020, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
516 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 654 daily.
New Delhi/Safdarjun set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 8 March 2020.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 8 March 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 March 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bakko I Hol	Norway	Record snow depth	208.0 cm (81.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jensen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altenbern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kimchaek/Songjin	Korea, North	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tedzhen	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tower Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chulitna Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 8 March 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 213, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 303, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 March 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	213
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	303
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 March 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 654.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 530.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 March 2020

Top 20 records on 8 March 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 March 2020	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	104 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 March 2020	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	124 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Wallace, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Animas 3ESE, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Westcliffe, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Loup City, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Akron 4 E, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Ft Morgan, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Fruita, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	121 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Ainsworth, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Marion, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Myton, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high min	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Hastings 4N, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Murdo, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Hayward Rs, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	121 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 March 2020	Goodland, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	109 years	40 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2020. 2020 had 661 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 2020-03-08: 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	565
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1