Weather Records on 13 March 1985

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1985. Highest significance: Willowmore, ZA.

Key Facts for 13 March 1985

On 13 March 1985, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 533 daily.
Willowmore set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 13 March 1985.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 13 March 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	365.0 mm (14.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cordinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Strawn 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	386.1 mm (15.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Itauninhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Young River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Alegria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.0 mm (9.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Attu	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manypeaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Spencer 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.8 mm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.8 cm (18.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koeifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nix Store 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crediton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.4 mm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sabara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vespasiano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	134.6 cm (53.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nambi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.0 mm (9.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nqutu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 13 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 13 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 533.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 364.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1985

Top 20 records on 13 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1985	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1985	Devon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1985	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	365.0 mm (14.4 in)	280.2 mm (11.0 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Jayton, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Gargett Post Office, AU	daily rain	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Dalyup Park, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Bysonder, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Cordinup, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Strawn 8 NNE, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Keanae 346, US	daily rain	386.1 mm (15.2 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Itauninhas, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal", ZA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Young River, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Woodland, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Bremer Bay, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Fazenda Alegria, BR	daily rain	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	San Juan, MX	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1985	Chasm Falls, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	43 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1985. 1985 had 546 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	423
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1