Weather Records on 12 March 1946

532 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1946. Highest significance: Premaydena Hatchery, AU.

Key Facts for 12 March 1946

On 12 March 1946, 532 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 523 daily.
Premaydena Hatchery set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.9 mm (3.6 in) on 12 March 1946.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

532 stations

532 station records on 12 March 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boolaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Robeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adventure Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whitsett 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leliefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

532 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 12 March 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 12 March 1946 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 5, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1946

Top 20 records on 12 March 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1946	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Saint Ignatius, US	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Terang, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Red Hill, AU	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Cambridge (Milford), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Boolaloo, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Ullawarra, AU	all-time rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Kettering (Saddle Road), AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Robeville, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Snug Primary School, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Indee, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1946	Bothaville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	47 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1946. 1946 had 532 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 200	451
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1