Weather Records on 12 March 1963

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1963. Highest significance: Lenoir, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1963

On 12 March 1963, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 627 daily.
Lenoir set a daily record precipitation of 103.6 mm (4.1 in) on 12 March 1963.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

669 stations

669 station records on 12 March 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Union	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manubie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valley View Lock 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Lock 13	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 462, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 12 March 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	462
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 12 March 1963 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 37, daily 627.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1963

Top 20 records on 12 March 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1963	Lenoir, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1963	Union, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1963	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1963	Jefferson City Evap, US	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1963	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	all-time rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1963	Rogersville 1 NE, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1963	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Pennington Gap, US	all-time rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Hopewell, ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Greeneville Exp STN, US	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Williamson, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Mendota, US	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1963	Madison, US	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	50 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1963. 1963 had 669 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 1963-03-12: 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	576
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1