Weather Records on 12 March 2016

809 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 2016. Highest significance: Downieville, US.

Key Facts for 12 March 2016

On 12 March 2016, 809 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
651 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 799 daily.
Downieville set a daily record precipitation of 105.7 mm (4.2 in) on 12 March 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

809 stations

809 station records on 12 March 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tonghe	China	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Robin Hood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nenjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corfield-Manuka St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
German Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Setif Ain Arnat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Delamere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dauphin Is #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

809 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 315, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 336, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 March 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	315
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	336
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 March 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

632 broken records

Margins by which the 632 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 2016

Top 20 records on 12 March 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 2016	Downieville, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	98 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2016	Mudanjiang, CN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Tonghe, CN	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Fairhope 2 NE, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Robin Hood Station, AU	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Chain of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Nenjiang, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Corfield-Manuka St, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	German Town, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Walker, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Hayward Rs, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	114 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Pipestone, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Alexandria, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Bugt, CN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Le Mars, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Rock Rapids, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2016	Pokegama Dam, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	113 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

1810 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2016. 2016 had 809 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2016-03-12: 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 2026-10-16 (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 20	614
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2