Weather Records on 12 March 1985

886 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1985. Highest significance: Jemez Springs, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1985

On 12 March 1985, 886 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 861 daily.
Jemez Springs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.5 mm (1.9 in) on 12 March 1985.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

886 stations

886 station records on 12 March 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cerro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Grodno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kuttabul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	316.8 mm (12.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nququ (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kojaneerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Hickory River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cordinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Graciosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jocotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Putneyville 2 SE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waitara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bakerstown 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Pleine Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shepaug Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

886 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 424, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 12 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	424
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 12 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 861.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

771 broken records

Margins by which the 771 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1985

Top 20 records on 12 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1985	Jemez Springs, US	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1985	Cerro, US	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1985	Eucla, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1985	Grodno, BY	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1985	Kuttabul Post Office, AU	daily rain	316.8 mm (12.5 in)	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1985	Dulce, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1985	Valmora, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1985	Sandia Park, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Nququ (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Red Rvr, US	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Melrose, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Kojaneerup, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Warriup, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Kuilput, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	West Hickory River, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Cordinup, AU	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1985	Fazenda Graciosa, BR	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	48 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1985. 1985 had 886 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 1985-03-12: 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	730
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1