Weather Records on 12 March 1996

1,030 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1996. Highest significance: Pardoo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 12 March 1996

On 12 March 1996, 1,030 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 674 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 1,014 daily.
Pardoo Station set a daily record precipitation of 167.6 mm (6.6 in) on 12 March 1996.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

1,030 stations

1,030 station records on 12 March 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lemoore Reeves NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brindisi	Italy	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tully River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Surprise Store	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cresciumal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Airport Evap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio Zaragoza -Belen-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jalacingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,030 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 350, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 324, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 12 March 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	350
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	324
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 12 March 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 1,014.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

832 broken records

Margins by which the 832 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1996

Top 20 records on 12 March 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1996	Pardoo Station, AU	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	89 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1996	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1996	Mulyie, AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	89 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1996	Warrawagine, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1996	Thangoo, AU	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Vilsandi, EE	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Mandora, AU	daily rain	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Broome Airport, AU	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	San Jose, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Lemoore Reeves NAS, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Gardner, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Vero Beach 4SE, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Silver Plains Station, AU	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Chuuk WSO AP, FM	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Gorlitz, DE	daily low max	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low max	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Cet Central England, GB	daily low max	2.6 C (36.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1996	Morgan City, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	48 years	40 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1996. 1996 had 1,030 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 1996-03-12: 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	825
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1