Weather Records on 12 March 1977

1,834 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1977. Highest significance: Weissenfels, DE.

Key Facts for 12 March 1977

On 12 March 1977, 1,834 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
997 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 92 monthly and 1,737 daily.
Weissenfels set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.5 mm (1.5 in) on 12 March 1977.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

1,834 stations

1,834 station records on 12 March 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wilmot	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weismain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lautertal-Oberlauter	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ortonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,834 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 440, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 557, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 721, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 12 March 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	440
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	557
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	721
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 12 March 1977 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 92, daily 1,737.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,615 broken records

Margins by which the 1,615 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1977

Top 20 records on 12 March 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1977	Weissenfels, DE	monthly rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 March 1977	Milan 1NW, US	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
12 March 1977	Bamberg, DE	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Wauneta, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Artern, DE	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Cameron Falls, CA	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Jena Sternwarte, DE	monthly rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Atlanta 5 WNW, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Superior, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Beaver City, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Halle, DE	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	36 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Wheaton, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Wilmot, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1977	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1977	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	monthly rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1977	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1977	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1977	Holyoke, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	58 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1977. 1977 had 1,834 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 1977-03-12: 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	1,577
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	4