Weather Records on 12 March 1936

399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1936. Highest significance: Rumford, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1936

On 12 March 1936, 399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 379 daily.
Rumford set a monthly record daily precipitation of 128.8 mm (5.1 in) on 12 March 1936.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

399 stations

399 station records on 12 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.9 mm (9.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	289.0 cm (113.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

399 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 12 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 12 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 379.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1030.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1936

Top 20 records on 12 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1936	Rumford, US	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Croydon Township, AU	monthly rain	245.9 mm (9.7 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Waterbury, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Lewiston, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Plymouth, US	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Madison, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Durham, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Saddleworth, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Orono, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Harrisburg River Gage, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Bimerah, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Fall River, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Gordon, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1936	Savanne, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1936. 1936 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1936-03-12: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 200	349
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1