Weather Records on 12 March 2000

715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 2000. Highest significance: Enngonia (Belalie), AU.

Key Facts for 12 March 2000

On 12 March 2000, 715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 701 daily.
Enngonia (Belalie) set a daily record precipitation of 63.2 mm (2.5 in) on 12 March 2000.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

715 stations

715 station records on 12 March 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Iguatama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fazenda Paraiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hutsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alectown (Goonahra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Terre Haute Indiana State	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Hartford Nepp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manning	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gardnerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elong Elong (Bendeela St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Telina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mumbil (Burrendong Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford City 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

715 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 324, Heaviest daily snowfall 112, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 12 March 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	112
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 12 March 2000 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 701.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 2000

Top 20 records on 12 March 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 2000	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	105 years	78 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2000	Enngonia (Shearer Street), AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2000	Iguatama, BR	daily rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2000	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	94 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2000	Fazenda Paraiso, BR	daily rain	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Hutsonville, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Rochester, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Taunton, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Wollar (Barrigan St), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	E Wareham, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Sunnyside, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Newton 6 SSE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Alectown (Goonahra), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Terre Haute Indiana State, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Newton 6 SSE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Columbus, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	West Hartford Nepp, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Effingham 3SW, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2000	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	32 years	44 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2000. 2000 had 715 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	546
50 to 100	45
100 to 150	18
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1