Weather Records on 2 March 1912

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1912. Highest significance: Milan, IT.

Key Facts for 2 March 1912

On 2 March 1912, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 57 daily.
Milan set a daily record high minimum temperature of 8.3 C (46.9 F) on 2 March 1912.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 2 March 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 5, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 March 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	5
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 March 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 57.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1912

Top 20 records on 2 March 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1912	Milan, IT	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	123 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1912	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Oxford, GB	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Lawrence, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Barrie, CA	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Toledo Blade, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Madison Wb City, US	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Dubuque River, US	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Sandvig, DK	daily high min	3.6 C (38.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Regensburg, DE	daily high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1912	Plauen, DE	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	18 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

1802 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1912. 1912 had 57 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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 20	49
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1