Weather Records on 15 March 1912

51 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1912. Highest significance: Newark Liberty Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 1912

On 15 March 1912, 51 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 47 daily.
Newark Liberty Intl AP set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 15 March 1912.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

51 stations

51 station records on 15 March 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

51 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 13.

Records on 15 March 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 March 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 47.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1912

Top 20 records on 15 March 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1912	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1912	Georgetown, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1912	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1912	Lindsay, CA	monthly snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1912	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1912	Lindsay, CA	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1912	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1912	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Stratford, CA	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Vineland, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Philadelphia City, US	monthly rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Uccle, BE	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Stratford, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1912	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	19 of 100 (Routine)

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 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1912. 1912 had 51 records.

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

Records on 03-15 in each year
Year	Records
1810	1
1813	1
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1836	2
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1850	1
1852	2
1854	1
1859	3
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1878	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	6
1893	5
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	12
1901	11
1902	14
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	36
1907	16
1908	43
1909	13
1910	23
1911	27
1912	51
1913	79
1914	32
1915	11
1916	34
1917	36
1918	81
1919	40
1920	43
1921	140
1922	39
1923	134
1924	145
1925	72
1926	169
1927	332
1928	193
1929	267
1930	240
1931	122
1932	610
1933	167
1934	298
1935	617
1936	298
1937	711
1938	505
1939	336
1940	340
1941	259
1942	399
1943	639
1944	622
1945	895
1946	915
1947	374
1948	198
1949	409
1950	249
1951	334
1952	358
1953	298
1954	340
1955	419
1956	534
1957	485
1958	431
1959	348
1960	972
1961	430
1962	585
1963	297
1964	411
1965	174
1966	893
1967	831
1968	545
1969	933
1970	541
1971	772
1972	814
1973	1,074
1974	439
1975	713
1976	220
1977	787
1978	566
1979	997
1980	503
1981	799
1982	997
1983	844
1984	638
1985	519
1986	771
1987	687
1988	1,599
1989	1,221
1990	2,255
1991	852
1992	1,131
1993	3,353
1994	1,405
1995	1,372
1996	706
1997	1,500
1998	847
1999	1,269
2000	458
2001	930
2002	1,317
2003	1,157
2004	1,046
2005	1,099
2006	688
2007	1,420
2008	903
2009	744
2010	675
2011	730
2012	2,297
2013	1,486
2014	397
2015	1,573
2016	948
2017	1,497
2018	538
2019	861
2020	1,128
2021	916
2022	491
2023	768
2024	1,401
2025	1,162
2026	877

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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	40
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1