Weather Records on 13 March 1986

630 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1986. Highest significance: Falmouth, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1986

On 13 March 1986, 630 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 617 daily.
Falmouth set a daily record precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 13 March 1986.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

630 stations

630 station records on 13 March 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thomaston 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bakerstown 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bonesteel	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Cachoeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Mere	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tomazina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prentiss	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lyons	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Autaugaville 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Cecil Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

630 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 13 March 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 13 March 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1986

Top 20 records on 13 March 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1986	Falmouth, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS, US	daily rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Dongtai, CN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Pensacola Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Talbotton, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Thomaston 4SE, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Elk, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Montgomery AP, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Troy, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Saucier Exp Forest, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Ozark 6 NNW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Bakerstown 3 WNW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Whatley, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Villa Purificacion (Dge), MX	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Walterboro 1 SW, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Wessington Springs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	New Carlisle, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Bonesteel, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Colonia Do Cachoeira, BR	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1986	Adin Rs, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	38 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1986. 1986 had 630 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 50	487
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1