Weather Records on 6 March 2012

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 2012. Highest significance: Koloko Rsvr 1137, US.

Key Facts for 6 March 2012

On 6 March 2012, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 474 daily.
Koloko Rsvr 1137 set a daily record precipitation of 157.5 mm (6.2 in) on 6 March 2012.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 6 March 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mahaulepu 941.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waialae-Kahala 715	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelmina Rise 721	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Beach Usgs 702.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Ind Park 702.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waimanalo Exp F 795.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seloh Nolem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuan Creek Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paiko Drive 723.4	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Free Union	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waikiki 717.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baring	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Punchbowl Crater 709	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tulum	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulupalakua Rch 250	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pichucalco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ganado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sendai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gilmore Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kermanshah	Iran	Record low minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Ismail Petra	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alderson	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cannery Creek	United States	Record snow depth	284.5 cm (112.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shiraz	Iran	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vize	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Poplars	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palolo Vly 718	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph Rosecrans Mem AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 6 March 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 6 March 2012 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 474.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

381 broken records

Margins by which the 381 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 2012

Top 20 records on 6 March 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 2012	Koloko Rsvr 1137, US	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2012	Mahaulepu 941.1, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2012	Princeville Rch 1117, US	daily rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2012	Puhi 1013, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2012	Waialae-Kahala 715, US	daily rain	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Wilhelmina Rise 721, US	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Ewa Beach Usgs 702.2, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Campbell Ind Park 702.5, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Goomboorian, AU	daily rain	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Lesquin, FR	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Tetonia Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Waimanalo Exp F 795.1, US	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	151.7 mm (6.0 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Seloh Nolem, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Tuan Creek Forest STN, AU	all-time rain	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Ebor (Glenowen), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Uralla (Dumaresq St), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Paiko Drive 723.4, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Free Union, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2012	Livingston 12 S, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 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

1794 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2012. 2012 had 490 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1810	1
1811	1
1815	1
1816	1
1818	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	3
1862	2
1863	3
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	3
1872	3
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	7
1896	8
1897	5
1898	11
1899	1
1900	3
1901	10
1902	4
1903	8
1904	3
1905	2
1906	19
1907	3
1908	22
1909	26
1910	80
1911	15
1912	38
1913	84
1914	29
1915	44
1916	51
1917	47
1918	151
1919	86
1920	166
1921	179
1922	72
1923	75
1924	113
1925	229
1926	141
1927	114
1928	84
1929	141
1930	117
1931	470
1932	547
1933	212
1934	317
1935	465
1936	127
1937	514
1938	188
1939	493
1940	246
1941	273
1942	432
1943	1,090
1944	626
1945	829
1946	747
1947	573
1948	718
1949	349
1950	554
1951	1,008
1952	222
1953	214
1954	344
1955	612
1956	1,250
1957	497
1958	549
1959	718
1960	1,563
1961	1,031
1962	708
1963	464
1964	398
1965	511
1966	304
1967	681
1968	717
1969	404
1970	404
1971	806
1972	1,195
1973	779
1974	976
1975	469
1976	702
1977	636
1978	884
1979	1,114
1980	438
1981	760
1982	494
1983	2,157
1984	603
1985	440
1986	729
1987	1,773
1988	833
1989	1,913
1990	1,116
1991	1,040
1992	1,125
1993	525
1994	681
1995	1,418
1996	1,112
1997	1,041
1998	1,320
1999	702
2000	1,546
2001	970
2002	893
2003	856
2004	1,253
2005	1,194
2006	678
2007	997
2008	784
2009	1,086
2010	958
2011	689
2012	490
2013	862
2014	954
2015	1,836
2016	1,065
2017	962
2018	594
2019	1,311
2020	1,023
2021	247
2022	1,045
2023	862
2024	538
2025	1,223
2026	1,124

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	364
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1