Weather Records on 13 March 1991

797 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1991. Highest significance: Streator 2SE, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1991

On 13 March 1991, 797 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 779 daily.
Streator 2SE set an all-time record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 13 March 1991.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

797 stations

797 station records on 13 March 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	296.3 mm (11.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dewitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Cape Byron Lighthou	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Nova Niagara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lacon	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Challenge Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lacon	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Slatteroy Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

797 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 164, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 13 March 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	164
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 13 March 1991 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

659 broken records

Margins by which the 659 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 194.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1991

Top 20 records on 13 March 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1991	Streator 2SE, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	81 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1991	Forest City 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1991	Tekamah, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1991	Clinton #1, US	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1991	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Clarion, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Fada N'Gourma, BF	monthly rain	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Kareepan, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Webster City, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Fairmont, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Algona, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	all-time rain	296.3 mm (11.7 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Dewitt, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	General Wayne A Downing Intl A, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Legaspi, PH	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Alicante, ES	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Morrison, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1991	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	47 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1991. 1991 had 797 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 2026-10-17 (17 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 25	519
25 to 50	64
50 to 75	29
75 to 100	22
100 to 125	13
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	4