Weather Records on 12 March 1962

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1962. Highest significance: Freehold-Marlboro, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1962

On 12 March 1962, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 812 daily.
Freehold-Marlboro set a daily record precipitation of 58.2 mm (2.3 in) on 12 March 1962.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 12 March 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	140.0 cm (55.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mercier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily snowfall	44.2 cm (17.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kattanjhiri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kindon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alvon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 472, Heaviest daily snowfall 135, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 12 March 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	472
Heaviest daily snowfall	135
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 12 March 1962 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 23, daily 812.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

730 broken records

Margins by which the 730 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1962

Top 20 records on 12 March 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1962	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1962	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1962	Kealia 1112, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1962	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Bell Falls, CA	all-time snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Millmerran Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Blair, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Pratten, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Three Rivers, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Cumberland, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Mather 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1962	Gaylord, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	49 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1962. 1962 had 846 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 1962-03-12: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	686
100 to 200	39
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1