Weather Records on 13 March 1979

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1979. Highest significance: Kozhikode, IN.

Key Facts for 13 March 1979

On 13 March 1979, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
198 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 490 daily.
Kozhikode set a monthly record daily precipitation of 199.9 mm (7.9 in) on 13 March 1979.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 13 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mardathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Porteiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Dourados (Cpfl) B4-003	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vlamingh Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iacri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iboacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Liskeard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cresciumal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Santa Cecilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Vicente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cuncas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beechy	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aach	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Licola Rwc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 13 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 13 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1979

Top 20 records on 13 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1979	Kozhikode, IN	monthly rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1979	Earlton A, CA	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Earlton A, CA	all-time snowfall	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Barrage Angliers, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Doorawarrah, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Mardathuna, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Porteiras, BR	daily rain	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Iroquois Falls, CA	daily snowfall	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Denham, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Ariri, BR	daily rain	217.7 mm (8.6 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Valley City 3 NNW, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Woodleigh, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Usina Dourados (Cpfl) B4-003, BR	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1979	Woodbine Station, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1979	Campbell Town Post Office, AU	monthly rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1979	Bom Jesus, BR	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1979	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1979	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	77 years	33 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1979. 1979 had 497 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	375
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1