Weather Records on 12 March 2011

494 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 2011. Highest significance: Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES.

Key Facts for 12 March 2011

On 12 March 2011, 494 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 481 daily.
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 12 March 2011.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

494 stations

494 station records on 12 March 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Blue Nobby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Girona/Costa Brava	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eddington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rollingstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tharwa General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Cepet	France	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toorak Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena (Wyoming)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seloh Nolem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lajamanu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mim Rifle Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dorset	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dikson	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

494 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 12 March 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 12 March 2011 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 2011

Top 20 records on 12 March 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 2011	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2011	Lands End Station, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2011	West Leichhardt Station, AU	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2011	Gibb River, AU	daily rain	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2011	Mount Isa Mine, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2011	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2011	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	daily rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Uralla (Blue Nobby), AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	San Andres (Isla)/S, CO	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Daniel Z Romualdez, PH	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Girona/Costa Brava, ES	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Devoncourt Station, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Belcourt Keya Radio, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Manfred Downs Station, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Flora Downs, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2011	Turtle Lake, US	all-time snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	45 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2011. 2011 had 494 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	342
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1