Weather Records on 12 March 1999

636 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 1999. Highest significance: Dodge City, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 1999

On 12 March 1999, 636 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 618 daily.
Dodge City set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 12 March 1999.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

636 stations

636 station records on 12 March 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	249.7 mm (9.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
McCracken	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fedor 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boxelder 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flomot 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington Six Flags	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Center 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canaan Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gove 4W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

636 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 96.

Records on 12 March 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	96

Records on 12 March 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 284.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 1999

Top 20 records on 12 March 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 1999	Dodge City, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1999	Dodge City, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1999	Abbeville, US	monthly rain	249.7 mm (9.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1999	McCracken, US	all-time snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	87 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1999	Grenola 1 N, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1999	Dalwallinu Comparison, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 March 1999	Bison 3NW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Norwich, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Utica, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Kingman, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Meade, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Fedor 3SE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Gove 4W, US	monthly snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Jerome 2 S, US	monthly snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Leavenworth, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Boxelder 3 NNE, US	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Frederick, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 1999	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	43 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1999. 1999 had 636 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	402
50 to 100	46
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	2