Weather Records on 13 March 1983

1,036 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1983. Highest significance: Petaluma AP, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1983

On 13 March 1983, 1,036 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
343 were record highs and 235 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 984 daily.
Petaluma AP set a daily record precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 13 March 1983.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,036 stations

1,036 station records on 13 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fukushima Arpt	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olaria Dos Padres Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pit Rvr Ph 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elkedra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doomadgee Sharp Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres Lagunas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boise Lucky Peak Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sendai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amealco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,036 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 175, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 431, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 13 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	175
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	431
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 13 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 52, daily 984.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

862 broken records

Margins by which the 862 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1983

Top 20 records on 13 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1983	Petaluma AP, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1983	Jayuya, PR	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1983	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1983	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	195.0 mm (7.7 in)	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Vacaville, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Colfax, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Santa Rosa, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Irapuru, BR	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Fukushima Arpt, JP	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Graton, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Olaria Dos Padres Aneel/Cesp, BR	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Yamagata, JP	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Buckhorn, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Pit Rvr Ph 5, US	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Canyon Dam, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1983	Adak AP, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	6 years	46 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1983. 1983 had 1,036 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 100	856
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1