Weather Records on 13 March 1917

45 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1917. Highest significance: Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 13 March 1917

On 13 March 1917, 45 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 45 daily.
Aberdeen Rd (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 13 March 1917.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

45 stations

45 station records on 13 March 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Outalpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

45 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 March 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 March 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 45.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

38 broken records

Margins by which the 38 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1917

Top 20 records on 13 March 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1917	Aberdeen Rd (Sar), ZA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1917	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Jindera (Wadilock), AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	3 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	22 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Mathoura (Mathoura Station), AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	31 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	4 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Lawrence, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	4 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1917	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	18 years	12 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1917. 1917 had 45 records.

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

Records on 03-13 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1828	1
1842	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	3
1856	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1867	2
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	8
1893	4
1894	13
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	1
1901	4
1902	13
1903	16
1904	9
1905	5
1906	14
1907	21
1908	6
1909	11
1910	55
1911	37
1912	18
1913	97
1914	145
1915	26
1916	41
1917	45
1918	141
1919	19
1920	52
1921	57
1922	53
1923	90
1924	139
1925	192
1926	337
1927	438
1928	101
1929	344
1930	190
1931	326
1932	579
1933	481
1934	298
1935	178
1936	160
1937	328
1938	282
1939	507
1940	597
1941	249
1942	282
1943	300
1944	444
1945	317
1946	781
1947	706
1948	707
1949	216
1950	822
1951	594
1952	313
1953	348
1954	528
1955	359
1956	627
1957	519
1958	622
1959	327
1960	908
1961	565
1962	617
1963	519
1964	321
1965	266
1966	443
1967	1,041
1968	782
1969	744
1970	384
1971	531
1972	1,182
1973	837
1974	590
1975	782
1976	321
1977	1,085
1978	557
1979	497
1980	878
1981	830
1982	733
1983	1,036
1984	1,113
1985	546
1986	630
1987	790
1988	870
1989	1,589
1990	2,798
1991	797
1992	1,212
1993	2,758
1994	910
1995	1,446
1996	858
1997	1,200
1998	1,545
1999	1,142
2000	418
2001	1,110
2002	939
2003	1,202
2004	637
2005	904
2006	2,290
2007	1,700
2008	622
2009	985
2010	650
2011	494
2012	1,194
2013	992
2014	868
2015	822
2016	955
2017	859
2018	615
2019	1,253
2020	812
2021	745
2022	981
2023	1,119
2024	492
2025	850
2026	1,162

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 March 1917
Margin	Records
0 to 10	29
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1