Weather Records on 13 March 1923

90 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1923. Highest significance: Washington, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1923

On 13 March 1923, 90 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 88 daily.
Washington set a daily record snow depth of 335.3 cm (132.0 in) on 13 March 1923.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

90 stations

90 station records on 13 March 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	335.3 cm (132.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

90 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 13 March 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 13 March 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 88.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

74 broken records

Margins by which the 74 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 3353.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1923

Top 20 records on 13 March 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1923	Washington, US	daily snow depth	335.3 cm (132.0 in)	335.3 cm (132.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1923	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1923	Wellwood, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Portland, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Chatham, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Southern Pines 2 W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Newberry, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Joseph, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Rutherglen, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1923	Escanaba, US	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	20 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1923. 1923 had 90 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 500	73
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	0
2500 to 3000	0
3000 to 3500	1