Weather Records on 12 March 1934

639 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1934. Highest significance: Rajakkamangalam, IN.

Key Facts for 12 March 1934

On 12 March 1934, 639 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 307 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 625 daily.
Rajakkamangalam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 12 March 1934.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

639 stations

639 station records on 12 March 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basaunti	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsa	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denial Bay (Nadia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

639 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 249, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 March 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	249
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 March 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 625.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 194.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1934

Top 20 records on 12 March 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1934	Rajakkamangalam, IN	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1934	Adur, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1934	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1934	Dewan, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1934	Jaffirband, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1934	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Willapa Harbor, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Thiruvalla, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Moncton, CA	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Dullabcherra, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Lugano, CH	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	New Westminster, CA	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Muvattupuzha, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Ashton 1N, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Ashley, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	39 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Gordon, US	monthly low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Burkes Garden, US	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Beckley Va Hospital, US	monthly low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1934	Milledgeville, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	23 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1934. 1934 had 639 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 25	516
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1