Weather Records on 12 March 1923

165 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1923. Highest significance: Oskaloosa, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1923

On 12 March 1923, 165 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 161 daily.
Oskaloosa set a monthly record daily snowfall of 21.6 cm (8.5 in) on 12 March 1923.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

165 stations

165 station records on 12 March 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

165 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 84, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 March 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 March 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

149 broken records

Margins by which the 149 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1923

Top 20 records on 12 March 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1923	Oskaloosa, US	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Lakeside, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Washington, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Marengo, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1923	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1923	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1923	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1923	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1923	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1923	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1923	Portland, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1923	Iowa City, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1923	Atchison, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1923	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 years	25 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1923. 1923 had 165 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 50	131
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1