Weather Records on 13 March 1957

519 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1957. Highest significance: Cape Borda Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 13 March 1957

On 13 March 1957, 519 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
283 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 516 daily.
Cape Borda Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 13 March 1957.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

519 stations

519 station records on 13 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Burr Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-52.3 C (-62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Acude General Sampaio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

519 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 241, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	241
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

430 broken records

Margins by which the 430 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1957

Top 20 records on 13 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1957	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Dundee (Rangers Valley), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Novo Acre (Giqui), BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Ord River, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Andarai, BR	monthly rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Broadford, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Itaporanga Dajuda, BR	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Lagarto, BR	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	18.8 C (65.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	85 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1957	Monsenhor Tabosa, BR	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1957	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1957	Crested Butte, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1957	Hyannis, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1957	Plauen, DE	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	72 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1957	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1957	Mount Burr Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1957	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	31 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1957. 1957 had 519 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 20	397
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2