Weather Records on 12 March 1909

26 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1909. Highest significance: Beaufort West (Met), ZA.

Key Facts for 12 March 1909

On 12 March 1909, 26 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 23 daily.
Beaufort West (Met) set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 12 March 1909.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

26 stations

26 station records on 12 March 1909 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1909: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

26 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1909 by type: Lowest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 23.

Records on 12 March 1909 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 March 1909 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 23.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

25 broken records

Margins by which the 25 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1909

Top 20 records on 12 March 1909 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1909	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1909	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1909	Cradock, ZA	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1909	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1909	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1909	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Graaff Reinet, ZA	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Sterling, ZA	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	0 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1909	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	7 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

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

1810 to 1909

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1909. 1909 had 26 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-12 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1822	2
1845	2
1847	2
1849	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1867	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	6
1887	1
1888	4
1890	5
1891	5
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1899	2
1900	4
1901	3
1902	14
1903	8
1904	7
1905	12
1906	34
1907	9
1908	11
1909	26
1910	23
1911	15
1912	7
1913	19
1914	89
1915	17
1916	27
1917	54
1918	96
1919	50
1920	42
1921	59
1922	29
1923	165
1924	168
1925	127
1926	128
1927	399
1928	204
1929	324
1930	210
1931	159
1932	589
1933	290
1934	639
1935	330
1936	399
1937	189
1938	293
1939	525
1940	588
1941	215
1942	239
1943	194
1944	448
1945	241
1946	532
1947	727
1948	1,510
1949	544
1950	841
1951	475
1952	433
1953	298
1954	603
1955	613
1956	1,159
1957	371
1958	611
1959	513
1960	891
1961	432
1962	846
1963	669
1964	285
1965	422
1966	384
1967	1,135
1968	931
1969	1,254
1970	391
1971	481
1972	1,215
1973	890
1974	784
1975	540
1976	657
1977	1,834
1978	554
1979	606
1980	601
1981	1,112
1982	860
1983	1,057
1984	1,235
1985	886
1986	658
1987	728
1988	918
1989	1,402
1990	2,905
1991	607
1992	1,423
1993	931
1994	619
1995	1,067
1996	1,030
1997	990
1998	2,483
1999	636
2000	715
2001	1,392
2002	935
2003	703
2004	649
2005	1,020
2006	2,121
2007	1,652
2008	684
2009	1,148
2010	791
2011	494
2012	981
2013	874
2014	645
2015	793
2016	809
2017	702
2018	609
2019	865
2020	762
2021	659
2022	1,144
2023	877
2024	527
2025	615
2026	1,212

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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 5	7
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1