Weather Records on 12 March 1961

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1961. Highest significance: Great Brak River, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 March 1961

On 12 March 1961, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 425 daily.
Great Brak River set a daily record precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 12 March 1961.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 12 March 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhoogte (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grootdoornrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zeekoevlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kwepertuin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tanhurst Est, Umzint	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Struishoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Courtenay Puntledge Bchp	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kruisrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Groothoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 March 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 March 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 425.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

392 broken records

Margins by which the 392 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1961

Top 20 records on 12 March 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1961	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Kleinfontein, ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Coloso, PR	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Sandhoogte (Pur), ZA	all-time rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Grootdoornrivier, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Lares, PR	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Zeekoevlei, ZA	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Kwepertuin, ZA	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Tanhurst Est, Umzint, ZA	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Albertinia (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Edgerton, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Tangley, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Narva, EE	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Wimbledon, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Sucesso, BR	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Riva, IT	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Jonkersberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1961	Central City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	20 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1961. 1961 had 432 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 20	342
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1