Weather Records on 13 March 1990

2,798 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1990. Highest significance: Fischers Store, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1990

On 13 March 1990, 2,798 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2,151 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 130 monthly and 2,664 daily.
Fischers Store set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 13 March 1990.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 13 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Scandia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsall 8 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shonkin 7 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Power 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldine	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Loma	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leyden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gateway 1ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turquoise Bonanza Ck	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,798 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 1,131, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 1,020, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 340, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 13 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1,131
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	1,020
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 13 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 130, daily 2,664.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,403 broken records

Margins by which the 2,403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 496.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1990

Top 20 records on 13 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1990	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1990	Scandia, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	New London, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Ft Benton, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Goldbutte 7 N, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Rockwell City, US	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	137 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Marshalltown, US	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Sheboygan, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Elgin Water, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Mattoon, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Wilsall 8 ENE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Shonkin 7 S, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	49.6 cm (19.5 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1990	Ft Benton, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	87 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1990	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1990	Xingren, CN	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 1990	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	102 years	20 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1990. 1990 had 2,798 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	2,374
100 to 200	21
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1