Weather Records on 12 March 1927

399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1927. Highest significance: Austin, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1927

On 12 March 1927, 399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 396 daily.
Austin set a monthly record daily precipitation of 187.2 mm (7.4 in) on 12 March 1927.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

399 stations

399 station records on 12 March 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

399 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 March 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 March 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1927

Top 20 records on 12 March 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1927	Austin, US	monthly rain	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Minto Surrey Street, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Madrid, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Helena, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Water Valley, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1927	Stratton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1927	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1927	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1927	Minden, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1927	Canton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1927	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1927	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1927	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1927	Madison Wb City, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1927	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	24 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1927. 1927 had 399 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 20	305
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1