Weather Records on 13 March 1976

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1976. Highest significance: Zamenkomst, ZA.

Key Facts for 13 March 1976

On 13 March 1976, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 315 daily.
Zamenkomst set a daily record precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 13 March 1976.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

321 stations

321 station records on 13 March 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe Orizatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meanook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gholson 8 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao Do Rio Verde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Rietvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tlanchinol (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galeana (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darnley Island School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	124.0 cm (48.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mabuiag Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	148.0 cm (58.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Araxa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Makakatana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Helena (Mariquita)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria Aerodromo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Summit WSO AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lomba Alta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Brejo Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	143.0 cm (56.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ontonagon	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ontonagon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record low maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meanook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 13 March 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 13 March 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

252 broken records

Margins by which the 252 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1976

Top 20 records on 13 March 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1976	Zamenkomst, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1976	San Felipe Orizatlan (Smn), MX	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1976	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1976	Nowendoc (Beaufort), AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1976	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1976	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high min	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	89 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1976	Warrenton (Mun), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1976	Bergland Dam, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1976	Meanook, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Gholson 8 W, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Conceicao Do Rio Verde, BR	monthly rain	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Groot Rietvlei, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Edinburg, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Sable Island, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Denton 2 E, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Blackbutt Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Tlanchinol (Smn), MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Galeana (Smn), MX	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1976	Solomons, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	69 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1976. 1976 had 321 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	238
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1