Weather Records on 27 March 2012

909 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 2012. Highest significance: Ninghan Station, AU.

Key Facts for 27 March 2012

On 27 March 2012, 909 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
721 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 108 monthly and 801 daily.
Ninghan Station set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 27 March 2012.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

909 stations

909 station records on 27 March 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Watauga S Dak 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rotuma	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trough	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abjorsbraten	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas de Rayon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kjevik	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landvik	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellenden Ker Bottom STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.0 mm (9.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Skovde	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kristinehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Methow 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxelosund	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Remningstorp	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

909 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 403, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 318, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 27 March 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	403
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	318
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 27 March 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 108, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

711 broken records

Margins by which the 711 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 2012

Top 20 records on 27 March 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 2012	Ninghan Station, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2012	Vanersborg, SE	monthly high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	109 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Watauga S Dak 8 N, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	20.2 C (68.4 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	109 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Blackheath (Lawrence St), AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Scotia, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Stockholm, SE	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	115 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Rotuma, FJ	daily rain	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Trough, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Faerder Fyr, NO	monthly high min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Harnosand, SE	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Vestervig, DK	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Falun, SE	daily high min	5.9 C (42.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Sveg, SE	daily high min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	125 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Le Mars, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Abjorsbraten, NO	monthly high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2012	Ellendale, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	102 years	42 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

1805 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2012. 2012 had 909 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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Data for records on 2012-03-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	704
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1