Weather Records on 30 March 2012

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 2012. Highest significance: Bemidji, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 2012

On 30 March 2012, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
385 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 710 daily.
Bemidji set a daily record precipitation of 31.7 mm (1.2 in) on 30 March 2012.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 30 March 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bickleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	189.9 mm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lautoka	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	292.8 mm (11.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Secesh Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clackamas Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nacocolevu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peavine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White Elephant	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Willow Run AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Masvingo	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parkdale 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Blanco Lower	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rex 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hogg Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville Ifg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alsea Fh (Fall Creek)	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Squaw Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Crescent Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sebastopol (Erin Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merwin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jump Off Joe	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yasawa-I-Rara	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 187, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 30 March 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	187
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 30 March 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 710.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 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

30 March 2012

Top 20 records on 30 March 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 2012	Bemidji, US	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2012	Goldendale, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2012	Bedford, US	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2012	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2012	Chester, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2012	Bickleton, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2012	Mt Adams Rs, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2012	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2012	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Clatskanie, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Nadi Airport, FJ	daily rain	189.9 mm (7.5 in)	137.5 mm (5.4 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Lautoka, FJ	daily rain	292.8 mm (11.5 in)	235.8 mm (9.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Coeur D'Alene, US	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Marion Forks, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Salt Creek Falls, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Kelliher, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Clear Lake, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Port Orford 5 E, US	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Secesh Summit, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2012	Clackamas Lake, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	49 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

1796 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2012. 2012 had 743 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

Download the Data

Data for records on 2012-03-30: 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 50	556
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1