Weather Records on 12 March 1914

89 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1914. Highest significance: Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 12 March 1914

On 12 March 1914, 89 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 87 daily.
Cape Jervis Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 27.7 mm (1.1 in) on 12 March 1914.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

89 stations

89 station records on 12 March 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

89 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 March 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 March 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 87.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

77 broken records

Margins by which the 77 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1914

Top 20 records on 12 March 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1914	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1914	Coulta, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1914	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1914	Beachport, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1914	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1914	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1914	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Elliston, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Turkestan, KZ	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Normanville, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Stansbury, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Williamstown, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Kaniva, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1914	Millicent, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	28 years	20 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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1914. 1914 had 89 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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Data for records on 1914-03-12: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 March 1914
Margin	Records
0 to 10	54
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1