Weather Records on 13 March 1943

300 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1943. Highest significance: Arkadelphia 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1943

On 13 March 1943, 300 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 289 daily.
Arkadelphia 2 N set a daily record precipitation of 87.4 mm (3.4 in) on 13 March 1943.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

300 stations

300 station records on 13 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cranganore	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	199.0 cm (78.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boodanoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	209.0 cm (82.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	194.0 cm (76.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

300 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 13 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 13 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 289.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1943

Top 20 records on 13 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1943	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Lowman, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	18.8 C (33.8 F)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	22.8 C (41.0 F)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Holy Cross, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Bullfinch, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Cranganore, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Carthage, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1943	Trenton 2, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1943	Palakonda, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1943	Tarnaby, SE	daily snow depth	199.0 cm (78.3 in)	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1943	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1943	Yallalong, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	32 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1943. 1943 had 300 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 100	262
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2