Weather Records on 12 March 2010

791 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 2010. Highest significance: Beloit, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 2010

On 12 March 2010, 791 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
306 were record highs and 248 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 763 daily.
Beloit set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 12 March 2010.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

791 stations

791 station records on 12 March 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Immokalee	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Okeechobee	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meacham	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorheim I Ryfylke	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Bay Area WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Chimalapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warroad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivans Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chetumal (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

791 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 157, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 12 March 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	157
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 12 March 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 2010

Top 20 records on 12 March 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 2010	Beloit, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2010	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2010	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Melbourne WFO, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Devils Garden, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Panguitch, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Hazlehurst, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Fredericktown 4 S, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Crescent City, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Immokalee, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Lisbon, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Okeechobee, US	monthly rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Dutch Harbor, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Vero Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Creighton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Sanford, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Meacham, US	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2010	Newport, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	64 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2010. 2010 had 791 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	573
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1