Weather Records on 12 March 1968

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1968. Highest significance: Seligman, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1968

On 12 March 1968, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 870 daily.
Seligman set an all-time record daily snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 12 March 1968.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

931 stations

931 station records on 12 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Miami	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Slavjansk-Na-Kubani	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meanook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Lester B. Pearson Int'	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goldthwaite 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Picardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Athens 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 462, Heaviest daily snowfall 224, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 12 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	462
Heaviest daily snowfall	224
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 12 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 49, daily 870.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

812 broken records

Margins by which the 812 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1968

Top 20 records on 12 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1968	Seligman, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1968	Miami, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1968	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Olney 2S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Caplinger Mills, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Haig, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Salem, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Tahlequah, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Cedartown, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Tsumeb - Pol, NA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Slavjansk-Na-Kubani, RU	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Arcadia, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1968	Claremore 2 ENE, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	47 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1968. 1968 had 931 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 50	688
50 to 100	84
100 to 150	31
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1