Weather Records on 12 March 1943

194 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1943. Highest significance: Krishnarajnagar, IN.

Key Facts for 12 March 1943

On 12 March 1943, 194 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 189 daily.
Krishnarajnagar set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 12 March 1943.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

194 stations

194 station records on 12 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	205.0 cm (80.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grouard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	182.0 cm (71.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grouard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bissem-Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grimes Pass 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	475.0 cm (187.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

194 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 12 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 12 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 189.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

164 broken records

Margins by which the 164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1943

Top 20 records on 12 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1943	Krishnarajnagar, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	19.5 C (35.1 F)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Srirangpatnam, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Mysore, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	monthly low min	11.2 C (52.2 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	16.6 C (29.9 F)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Tarnaby, SE	daily snow depth	205.0 cm (80.7 in)	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Wetaskiwin, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Deobhog, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1943	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1943	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1943	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1943	Fitzroy Crossing Comp., AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1943	Bullara, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1943	Woodbrook, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1943	Verhojansk, RU	daily high min	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	18.0 C (32.4 F)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1943	Beowawe, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1943	Grouard, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1943	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	25 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1943. 1943 had 194 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 100	157
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2