Weather Records on 12 March 1926

128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1926. Highest significance: Gunnedah Pool, AU.

Key Facts for 12 March 1926

On 12 March 1926, 128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 123 daily.
Gunnedah Pool set a monthly record high maximum temperature of 42.8 C (109.0 F) on 12 March 1926.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

128 stations

128 station records on 12 March 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.7 C (105.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yalata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Saegerstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

128 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 14, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 March 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	14
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 March 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 123.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

96 broken records

Margins by which the 96 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1926

Top 20 records on 12 March 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1926	Gunnedah Pool, AU	monthly high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	13 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Susendal, NO	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Salisbury, US	monthly snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Geryville (El-Bayadh), DZ	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily high max	39.9 C (103.8 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	19 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Teterow, DE	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Cet Central England, GB	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Tustervatnet, NO	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	monthly high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	10 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Southampton, CA	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Escanaba, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily high max	40.7 C (105.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	41 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Yalata, AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	41 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	Georgetown Post Office, AU	monthly high max	38.1 C (100.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1926	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	29 years	16 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1926. 1926 had 128 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 March 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	89
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2