Weather Records on 13 March 1928

101 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1928. Highest significance: Sable Island, CA.

Key Facts for 13 March 1928

On 13 March 1928, 101 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 99 daily.
Sable Island set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 13 March 1928.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

101 stations

101 station records on 13 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallandool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brae Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

101 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 13 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 13 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 99.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

77 broken records

Margins by which the 77 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1928

Top 20 records on 13 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1928	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1928	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1928	Wallandool, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Kiev, UA	daily low min	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Feodosiia, UA	daily low min	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Calumet, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Brae Springs, AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Middle Creek (Leneva), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Morgantown 1, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	2 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Uman, UA	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Amenia, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1 year	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Menasha, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Watford, CA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1928	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low min	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	39 years	17 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1928. 1928 had 101 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 25	71
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1