Weather Records on 13 March 1968

782 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1968. Highest significance: Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1968

On 13 March 1968, 782 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 759 daily.
Kalihi Rsch Site 777 set a daily record precipitation of 176.8 mm (7.0 in) on 13 March 1968.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

782 stations

782 station records on 13 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iron River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Radford 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nurina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	157.0 cm (61.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Djavary	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oni	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Depalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rabbit Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Damascus	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Avelino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

782 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 366, Heaviest daily snowfall 101, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 13 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	101
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 13 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 759.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1968

Top 20 records on 13 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1968	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1968	Grindstone Island, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Lockwood, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Upper Stewiacke, CA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Cherdyn', RU	monthly rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Iron River, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Chippewa Lake, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Deer Lake, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Noblesville River, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Canton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Grindstone Island, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Middleboro, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Upper Sandusky, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Radford 5 SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Noblesville River, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Sackville, CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Spreckels Hwy Brg, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1968	Alpena 1 NW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	39 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1968. 1968 had 782 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	1,252
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	604
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2