Weather Records on 13 March 1987

790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1987. Highest significance: Miller, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1987

On 13 March 1987, 790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 363 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 782 daily.
Miller set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 13 March 1987.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

790 stations

790 station records on 13 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yannergee (Dobroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oldenburg (A)	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Parauna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emblem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Einbeck	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhauser	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stiege	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Witzenhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malilla	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

790 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 246, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 13 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	246
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 13 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 782.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

666 broken records

Margins by which the 666 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1987

Top 20 records on 13 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1987	Miller, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Eschwege, DE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Plauen, DE	daily low min	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	141 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Nicosia, CY	daily low max	9.7 C (49.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Hof (Stadt), DE	daily low min	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	13.1 C (23.6 F)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Kisinev, MD	daily low min	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Nikolaev, UA	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Henichesk, UA	monthly low min	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Eschwege, DE	daily low min	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	10.2 C (18.4 F)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1987	Yannergee (Dobroyd), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1987	Budapest, HU	daily low min	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	84 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1987	Sheldon, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1987	Republic, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1987	Oldenburg (A), DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1987	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily low min	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1987	Nikolaev, UA	daily low min	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	58 years	32 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1987. 1987 had 790 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 50	649
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1