Weather Records on 13 March 1929

344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1929. Highest significance: Williston Sloulin Fld, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1929

On 13 March 1929, 344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 339 daily.
Williston Sloulin Fld set a daily record snowfall of 19.1 cm (7.5 in) on 13 March 1929.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

344 stations

344 station records on 13 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

344 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

294 broken records

Margins by which the 294 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 1929

Top 20 records on 13 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1929	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1929	Stevens Pt, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1929	Highlands, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1929	Greensboro, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1929	Valley Head, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Earlington, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Asheville, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Miles City, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Windsor Riverside, CA	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Thomasville, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Henichesk, UA	daily low min	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Clayton 1 SSW, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1929	Calumet, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	0 years	22 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1929. 1929 had 344 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	277
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1