Weather Records on 20 March 1913

42 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1913. Highest significance: Ny City Cntrl Park, US.

Key Facts for 20 March 1913

On 20 March 1913, 42 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 38 daily.
Ny City Cntrl Park set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 20 March 1913.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

42 stations

42 station records on 20 March 1913 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1913: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

42 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1913 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 17.

Records on 20 March 1913 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 March 1913 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1913

Top 20 records on 20 March 1913 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1913	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1913	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Truro, CA	monthly high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Tamworth Airport, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Boolcarrol, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	53 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Tamworth West, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Sydney, CA	monthly high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Moree Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Orebro, SE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Barrie, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Halifax, CA	monthly high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	10 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	10 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1913	Charlottetown, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	15 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

1808 to 1913

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1913. 1913 had 42 records.

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

Records on 03-20 in each year
Year	Records
1808	3
1818	1
1822	2
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	3
1850	1
1852	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	11
1866	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	2
1887	3
1888	5
1889	5
1890	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	8
1901	6
1902	13
1903	34
1904	12
1905	6
1906	16
1907	17
1908	4
1909	6
1910	20
1911	35
1912	12
1913	42
1914	51
1915	22
1916	46
1917	49
1918	40
1919	31
1920	52
1921	93
1922	49
1923	275
1924	76
1925	121
1926	103
1927	298
1928	258
1929	56
1930	86
1931	492
1932	117
1933	354
1934	243
1935	408
1936	245
1937	220
1938	394
1939	240
1940	486
1941	390
1942	325
1943	378
1944	611
1945	636
1946	435
1947	299
1948	697
1949	352
1950	367
1951	788
1952	589
1953	350
1954	303
1955	719
1956	527
1957	516
1958	467
1959	293
1960	594
1961	332
1962	363
1963	447
1964	525
1965	2,020
1966	367
1967	784
1968	819
1969	374
1970	912
1971	377
1972	635
1973	422
1974	755
1975	932
1976	989
1977	352
1978	863
1979	712
1980	458
1981	712
1982	1,189
1983	1,179
1984	775
1985	636
1986	666
1987	867
1988	1,044
1989	793
1990	1,496
1991	1,205
1992	654
1993	1,014
1994	1,040
1995	857
1996	1,147
1997	1,801
1998	963
1999	793
2000	894
2001	1,048
2002	1,698
2003	1,166
2004	1,701
2005	602
2006	1,353
2007	1,053
2008	993
2009	445
2010	1,264
2011	1,003
2012	3,051
2013	762
2014	800
2015	521
2016	450
2017	1,331
2018	587
2019	530
2020	1,006
2021	487
2022	667
2023	975
2024	520
2025	848
2026	3,126

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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 5	25
5 to 10	1
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	2