Weather Records on 12 March 1987

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1987. Highest significance: Eschwege, DE.

Key Facts for 12 March 1987

On 12 March 1987, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 339 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 717 daily.
Eschwege set a daily record snow depth of 37.0 cm (14.6 in) on 12 March 1987.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 12 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eschwege	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Argovia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Do Jetiba (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vermelho Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz-Litoral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Swainsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao de Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lincang	China	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Einbeck	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Leopoldina (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carangola	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beer Sheva	Israel	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellijay	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gouvea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Resplendor-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oldenburg (A)	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ojos Negros	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Point Arena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 168, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 12 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	168
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 12 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 717.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

586 broken records

Margins by which the 586 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1987

Top 20 records on 12 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1987	Eschwege, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Finca Argovia, MX	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Cavalinho, BR	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Canton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Hvar, HR	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Santa Maria Do Jetiba (Dnos), BR	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	139 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	119 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Vermelho Velho, BR	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Odesa, UA	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Cambridge, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Northport, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Santa Cruz-Litoral, BR	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Swainsboro, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Nespelem 2 S, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1987	Sao Joao de Petropolis, BR	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 March 1987	Witzenhausen, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	32 years	34 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1987. 1987 had 728 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	563
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1