Weather Records on 12 March 1960

891 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1960. Highest significance: Manoharpur, IN.

Key Facts for 12 March 1960

On 12 March 1960, 891 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 412 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 842 daily.
Manoharpur set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 12 March 1960.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

891 stations

891 station records on 12 March 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Harrisburg	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Monmouth	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kaimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shahjahanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cwencwe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

891 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 220, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 192, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 205.

Records on 12 March 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	220
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	192
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	205

Records on 12 March 1960 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 43, daily 842.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

718 broken records

Margins by which the 718 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1960

Top 20 records on 12 March 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1960	Manoharpur, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1960	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1960	Harrisburg, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1960	Monmouth, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1960	Pana, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1960	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	White Hall 1 E, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Minneapolis, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Mohanlalganj, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Salem, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Griggsville, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	New Burnside, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Ballia, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Sparta 1 W, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Anna 4 N, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1960	Cape Race (Aut), CA	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	28 years	52 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1960. 1960 had 891 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 1960-03-12: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 March 1960
Margin	Records
0 to 100	618
100 to 200	62
200 to 300	29
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	2