Weather Records on 13 March 1926

337 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1926. Highest significance: Melbourne Regional Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 March 1926

On 13 March 1926, 337 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 329 daily.
Melbourne Regional Office set a monthly record high minimum temperature of 25.7 C (78.3 F) on 13 March 1926.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

337 stations

337 station records on 13 March 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.1 C (109.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blandville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

337 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 13, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 13 March 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 13 March 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 329.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

253 broken records

Margins by which the 253 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1926

Top 20 records on 13 March 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1926	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	monthly high min	25.7 C (78.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1926	Athens, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Walgett Council Depot, AU	monthly high max	43.1 C (109.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Lynchburg - Coop, US	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Stratford, CA	daily low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Milan, IT	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Mc Minnville, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Angelica, US	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Southampton, CA	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Petoskey, US	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Lockport 2SE, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Morgantown 1, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1926	Roros, NO	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1926. 1926 had 337 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 20	243
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1