Weather Records on 13 March 1961

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1961. Highest significance: Isabela Substn, PR.

Key Facts for 13 March 1961

On 13 March 1961, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 559 daily.
Isabela Substn set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 13 March 1961.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 13 March 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Rafael	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln College View	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 305, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 March 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	305
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 March 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 559.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1961

Top 20 records on 13 March 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1961	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1961	Plattsmouth 1E, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1961	Hickman, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1961	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Western 2W, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Bruning, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Sao Rafael, BR	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Martinsville 2 SW, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Clifton, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Brewster, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Lares, PR	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Seward, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Upper Bingara (Emohta), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Bologna, IT	daily high min	11.5 C (52.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	David City 4E, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1961	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	40 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1961. 1961 had 565 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	424
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1