Weather Records on 12 March 1950

841 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1950. Highest significance: Bogantungan Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 12 March 1950

On 12 March 1950, 841 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 553 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 814 daily.
Bogantungan Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 146.1 mm (5.8 in) on 12 March 1950.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

841 stations

841 station records on 12 March 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Unanderra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlees Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kunwarara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anatone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Voewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

841 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 292, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 261, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 12 March 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	292
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	261
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 12 March 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 814.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

697 broken records

Margins by which the 697 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1950

Top 20 records on 12 March 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1950	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Duaringa Post Office, AU	all-time rain	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Wooroona, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Unanderra, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Fernlees Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Alice Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Cedaredge, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Gohpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Cottonwood, US	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Kabra Railway STN, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1950	Montrose #2, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	25 years	36 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1950. 1950 had 841 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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Data for records on 1950-03-12: 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 50	660
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1