Weather Records on 13 March 1947

706 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1947. Highest significance: Abbeville, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1947

On 13 March 1947, 706 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 676 daily.
Abbeville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 190.5 mm (7.5 in) on 13 March 1947.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

706 stations

706 station records on 13 March 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.2 mm (7.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.5 mm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	101.0 cm (39.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sampla	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uroly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Kosciusko (Hotel Koscius	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Griffith Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

706 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 618, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 13 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	618
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 13 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 27, daily 676.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1947

Top 20 records on 13 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1947	Abbeville, US	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1947	Baton Rouge, US	monthly rain	185.2 mm (7.3 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1947	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1947	Corryong (Parish Lane), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Bonang, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Jimenbuen, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Cinclare, US	monthly rain	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Jindabyne Public School, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Holbrook (Glenfalloch), AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Maragle Station, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Hammond, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Old Junee (Millbank), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Huntsville, US	monthly rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Cudgewa State School, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1947	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)

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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1947. 1947 had 706 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	570
20 to 40	66
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1