Weather Records on 13 March 1969

744 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1969. Highest significance: Spokane Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1969

On 13 March 1969, 744 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 725 daily.
Spokane Intl AP set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 13 March 1969.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

744 stations

744 station records on 13 March 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremoabo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pindobacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broadlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Willandra National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moxoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lascelles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shepparton East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lima East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poco Das Trincheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Window Rock 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bellellen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vertentes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	112.0 cm (44.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delmiro Gouveia (Pedra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Araquem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riacho de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

744 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 351, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 13 March 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	351
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 13 March 1969 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 15, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

605 broken records

Margins by which the 605 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1969

Top 20 records on 13 March 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1969	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1969	Hoorn, NL	monthly rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1969	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1969	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Springs-Olympia Park, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Zaaiplaats, ZA	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Adaven, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Jeremoabo, BR	daily rain	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	26.3 C (79.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Austin #2, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Madrid - Retiro, ES	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Pindobacu, BR	daily rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Natte Yallock, AU	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	West Terschelling, NL	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Broadlands, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1969	Liepaja, LV	daily low min	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	67 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1969. 1969 had 744 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 March 1969
Margin	Records
0 to 100	569
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	12
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	3