Weather Records on 12 March 1959

513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1959. Highest significance: Seymour 1 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1959

On 12 March 1959, 513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 503 daily.
Seymour 1 WSW set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 12 March 1959.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

513 stations

513 station records on 12 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Delaware	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Creekside	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drummondville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

513 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 200, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 12 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	200
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 12 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

425 broken records

Margins by which the 425 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1959

Top 20 records on 12 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1959	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1959	Delaware, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Lockport 2SE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Philo, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Carandotta Station, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Columbus, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Binghamton Wb City, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	18.7 cm (7.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Huntingdon, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Creekside, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	230.1 mm (9.1 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Causapscal, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	McAdam, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15.5 C (27.9 F)	66 years	44 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1959. 1959 had 513 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	298
50 to 100	65
100 to 150	34
150 to 200	21
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	2