Weather Records on 12 March 1928

204 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1928. Highest significance: Croydon Township, AU.

Key Facts for 12 March 1928

On 12 March 1928, 204 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 203 daily.
Croydon Township set a daily record precipitation of 93.2 mm (3.7 in) on 12 March 1928.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

204 stations

204 station records on 12 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

204 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 37, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1928

Top 20 records on 12 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1928	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1928	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1928	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Emporia 1 S, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Escanaba, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Vasilevici, BY	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Feodosiia, UA	daily low max	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Galway, IE	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Mayville, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Leech Lake, US	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Prince Albert Road (Sar), ZA	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Kiev, UA	daily low min	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Collbran, US	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1928	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1928. 1928 had 204 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	166
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1