Weather Records on 13 March 1975

782 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1975. Highest significance: Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 13 March 1975

On 13 March 1975, 782 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 293 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 764 daily.
Moruya Heads Pilot Station set a daily record precipitation of 122.2 mm (4.8 in) on 13 March 1975.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

782 stations

782 station records on 13 March 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Athens Ben Epps AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville UNIV of Tenn	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.1 mm (7.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woonona (Popes Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

782 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 204, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 13 March 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	204
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 13 March 1975 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

670 broken records

Margins by which the 670 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1975

Top 20 records on 13 March 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1975	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1975	Lake Cormorant, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1975	Franklin, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1975	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1975	Edmonton 3 W, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1975	Coldwater, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1975	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Lebanon, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	all-time rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Greenville, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Monticello 3 NE, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Palmetto, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Springfield Exp STN, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1975	Kameruka (Kameruka Estate), AU	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	51 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1975. 1975 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	1,253
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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	665
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1