Weather Records on 12 March 1964

285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1964. Highest significance: Elberta, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1964

On 12 March 1964, 285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 280 daily.
Elberta set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 12 March 1964.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

285 stations

285 station records on 12 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elberta	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Masindi	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mineirolandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record snow depth	175.3 cm (69.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pacatuba (Pacatiba)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Curral Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wabash	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Grande (Augusto Severo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

285 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 12 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 12 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

219 broken records

Margins by which the 219 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1964

Top 20 records on 12 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1964	Elberta, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1964	McCall, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1964	Japaratuba, BR	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Karkaralinsk, KZ	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Hailey 3 NNW, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Masindi, UG	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Oak City, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Hill City 1 W, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	McCloud, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Anderson 1 N, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Arlington, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Annapolis Royal, CA	monthly low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1964	Kabale, UG	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1964	Penedo, BR	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1964	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1964	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1964	Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1964	Bloomington Normal, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1964	Golden, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1964. 1964 had 285 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 1964-03-12: 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 50	191
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	4