Weather Records on 13 March 1971

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1971. Highest significance: Ogdensburg 4 NE, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1971

On 13 March 1971, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 524 daily.
Ogdensburg 4 NE set a daily record snow depth of 142.2 cm (56.0 in) on 13 March 1971.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 13 March 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Newington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boissevain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dilijan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pingrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanda Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quondong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrappa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Benedito Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falcondale - Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bencubbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nanyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rodessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yorkrakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record snow depth	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ygnattering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimba (Yeltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redwing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ely Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 119, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 13 March 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	119
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 13 March 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 524.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 965.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1971

Top 20 records on 13 March 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1971	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1971	Newington, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Morden, CA	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Boissevain, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Dilijan, AM	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Happy Valley, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Wayville, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Doyle, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Salisbury, US	daily snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Paupong Station, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Pingrup, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Nanda Downs, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Morden, CA	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Quondong, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Quorn (Round Hill), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Wirrappa, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Benedito Novo, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	Hvar, HR	daily low min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1971	New Norcia, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	36 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1971. 1971 had 531 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	422
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	2
800 to 1000	1