Weather Records on 12 March 2007

1,652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 March 2007. Highest significance: Strelley, AU.

Key Facts for 12 March 2007

On 12 March 2007, 1,652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,254 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 135 monthly and 1,514 daily.
Strelley set a daily record precipitation of 157.0 mm (6.2 in) on 12 March 2007.
Across 158 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

1,652 stations

1,652 station records on 12 March 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 March 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tarpley 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bertram 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bremond	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Andice 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stillhouse Hollow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Teague Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Exp. Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abernathy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watson	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dampier Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paso del Aura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Branch 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Davilla 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thorndale	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,652 records

Records set or tied on 12 March 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 749, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 505, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 12 March 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	749
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	505
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 12 March 2007 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 135, daily 1,514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,384 broken records

Margins by which the 1,384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 March 2007

Top 20 records on 12 March 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 March 2007	Strelley, AU	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2007	Tarpley 3S, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2007	Colville, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	103 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2007	Jarrell, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2007	Bertram 3 ENE, US	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2007	Bremond, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2007	Jayton, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2007	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2007	Big Spring, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 March 2007	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Franklin, US	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Brownsville, US	monthly rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Andice 2 SW, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Port Hedland Airport, AU	daily rain	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Paducah 7E, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Hobbs, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Stillhouse Hollow Dam, US	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 March 2007	Teague Rch, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	54 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2007. 2007 had 1,652 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

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Data for records on 2007-03-12: 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 2026-10-17 (17 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 25	1,312
25 to 50	50
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1