Weather Records on 13 March 1920

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1920. Highest significance: Saint John, CA.

Key Facts for 13 March 1920

On 13 March 1920, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 51 daily.
Saint John set a monthly record daily precipitation of 109.7 mm (4.3 in) on 13 March 1920.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 13 March 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 March 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 March 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 51.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1920

Top 20 records on 13 March 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1920	Saint John, CA	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1920	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1920	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Weldon, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	State College, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	1 year	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	0.2 cm (0.1 in)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Yarmouth, CA	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Athens, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	11 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1920	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	25 years	16 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1920. 1920 had 52 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	1,252
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	43
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2