Weather Records on 13 March 1956

627 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1956. Highest significance: Ambala, IN.

Key Facts for 13 March 1956

On 13 March 1956, 627 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 604 daily.
Ambala set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.9 mm (3.6 in) on 13 March 1956.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

627 stations

627 station records on 13 March 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kuakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nakur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulculca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Itabaiana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santana Do Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bayana Biana	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Hartwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baddaginnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Devenish	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karnal	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tundi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mussoorie	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

627 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 13 March 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 13 March 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 604.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1473.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1956

Top 20 records on 13 March 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1956	Ambala, IN	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1956	Chakradhanpur, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1956	Kharar, IN	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Sugar City, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Kuakhera, IN	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Nakur, IN	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Garotha, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Orofino, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Yarroweyah, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Finley Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Ambala Obsy, IN	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Banjar(Saraj-Teh), IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Oberon (Jenolan Caves), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Crookhaven Heads, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Nazira, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Nigriting, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1956	Gongolgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	38 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1956. 1956 had 627 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	513
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1