Weather Records on 12 March 1988

918 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1988. Highest significance: Green Rvr, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1988

On 12 March 1988, 918 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 195 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 872 daily.
Green Rvr set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 12 March 1988.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

918 stations

918 station records on 12 March 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Renningen-Ihinger Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Encampment 10 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Offenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tanjil Bren Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart/Echterdingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Riem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Piacabucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shields	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wasta	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heidenheim/Brenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Royal Golf Club	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurtingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nufringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hartebeespoort-Agrc.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

918 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 351, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 99.

Records on 12 March 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	351
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	99

Records on 12 March 1988 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 36, daily 872.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

773 broken records

Margins by which the 773 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1988

Top 20 records on 12 March 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1988	Green Rvr, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	81 years	69 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1988	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1988	Chadron 3SW, US	all-time snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Kempten, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Yoder 5 W, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Kempten, DE	daily snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Two Harbors, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Ft Meade, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Renningen-Ihinger Hof, DE	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Encampment 10 ESE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Ensay, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Gordon 6N, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Merklingen, DE	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Offenburg, DE	monthly rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	La Grange, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Philip AP, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Tanjil Bren Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1988	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	monthly rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	56 years	46 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1988. 1988 had 918 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 1988-03-12: 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 100	724
100 to 200	30
200 to 300	12
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2