Weather Records on 13 March 1999

1,142 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1999. Highest significance: Lead Hill, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1999

On 13 March 1999, 1,142 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,095 daily.
Lead Hill set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 13 March 1999.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,142 stations

1,142 station records on 13 March 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Norwich	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hodges Gardens	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Drake Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kitadaito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ransom 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ransom 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kinsley 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.3 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kinsley 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,142 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 186, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 356, Heaviest daily snowfall 162, Deepest snow cover 131.

Records on 13 March 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	186
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	356
Heaviest daily snowfall	162
Deepest snow cover	131

Records on 13 March 1999 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 33, daily 1,095.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

958 broken records

Margins by which the 958 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1000.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1999

Top 20 records on 13 March 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1999	Lead Hill, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	98 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Healy, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Ness City, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Pratt 3NW, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Norwich, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Peck 4 SSW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Scott City, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Richfield, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	103 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1999	Hoxie, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	74 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1999	Ness City, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1999	Hodges Gardens, US	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1999	Fayetteville Drake Fld, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1999	Wakeeney, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1999	Hooker, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1999	Red Rock, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1999	Kitadaito, JP	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1999	Burdett 3S, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1999	Lenora Coop, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	84 years	57 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1999. 1999 had 1,142 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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Data for records on 1999-03-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 200	937
200 to 400	20
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1