Weather Records on 13 March 1938

282 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1938. Highest significance: N Fk Rs, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1938

On 13 March 1938, 282 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 278 daily.
N Fk Rs set a daily record precipitation of 142.5 mm (5.6 in) on 13 March 1938.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

282 stations

282 station records on 13 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coolanbilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wahluke	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Owens Gap (T.O.K.)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaldai	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

282 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 278.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1938

Top 20 records on 13 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1938	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1938	Columbia Wb City, US	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1938	Sekoni, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1938	Armagh, GB	daily high max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1938	Emmett 2 E, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1938	Attabari, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Cairo 3N, US	monthly rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Coolanbilla, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Brunswick, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Wilton, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Silchar, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	14.6 C (58.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	W Pt, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Kingfisher, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Durham, GB	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Electra P H, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1938	Billabalong, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	21 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1938. 1938 had 282 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	213
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2