Weather Records on 29 March 2012

652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 2012. Highest significance: Ocampo, MX.

Key Facts for 29 March 2012

On 29 March 2012, 652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
410 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 625 daily.
Ocampo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 29 March 2012.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

652 stations

652 station records on 29 March 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nacocolevu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	338.5 mm (13.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Arecibo Obsy	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lautoka	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	362.6 mm (14.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Potato Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vernonia #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen Miller Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atakpane	Togo	Record low minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	224.1 mm (8.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoco Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saddle Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mitt. Narsarsuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Langlois #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trough	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schneider Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Massena	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sweet Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Penang	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Science Garden	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seine Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Apuro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rarawai	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	182.5 mm (7.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yasawa-I-Rara	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	204.6 mm (8.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quinter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

652 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 29 March 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 29 March 2012 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 23, daily 625.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 2012

Top 20 records on 29 March 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 2012	Ocampo, MX	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2012	Nacocolevu, FJ	all-time rain	338.5 mm (13.3 in)	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	5 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2012	Arecibo Obsy, PR	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2012	Amity 4 NE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2012	Lautoka, FJ	monthly rain	362.6 mm (14.3 in)	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Madison, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Potato Hill, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Vernonia #2, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	McAllen Miller Intl AP, US	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Atakpane, TG	all-time low min	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Mitchell 5E, US	monthly high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Caldwell, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Astoria AP (Port of), US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Nadi Airport, FJ	daily rain	224.1 mm (8.8 in)	173.6 mm (6.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Floresville, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Ochoco Meadows, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Saddle Mountain, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Cold Bay AP, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Mitt. Narsarsuaq, GL	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2012	Langlois #2, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 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

1805 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2012. 2012 had 652 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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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 50	458
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1