Weather Records on 12 March 1940

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1940. Highest significance: Kotputli, IN.

Key Facts for 12 March 1940

On 12 March 1940, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 575 daily.
Kotputli set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 12 March 1940.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

588 stations

588 station records on 12 March 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kotputli	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagla	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rajahmundry	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmasala	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deogarh (Bamra)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farukhnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Debiabhoj Diyabh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baroda	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simga	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Girwan Naraini	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 12 March 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 12 March 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1940

Top 20 records on 12 March 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1940	Kotputli, IN	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Phulpur, IN	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Venkatagiri, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Palkot, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Khurda, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Nagla, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Chakradhanpur, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Kilpuri, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Silda Belpahari, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Ramachandrapuram, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Rajahmundry, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Bhandaria, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Dharmasala, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Begusarai, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Ljungby, SE	monthly rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Nawa, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Tiruppattur, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Pennagaram, IN	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1940	Jhansi, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	38 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1940. 1940 had 588 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 50	485
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1