Weather Records on 13 March 2002

939 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 2002. Highest significance: Kaycee, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 2002

On 13 March 2002, 939 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
713 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 928 daily.
Kaycee set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 13 March 2002.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

939 stations

939 station records on 13 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guilin	China	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls 46 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.8 C (-23.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Double Four Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redbird	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taipak	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion Forks Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanosh	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ephraim	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Black Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

939 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 469, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 244, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 13 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	469
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	244
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 13 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 928.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

810 broken records

Margins by which the 810 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 2002

Top 20 records on 13 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 2002	Kaycee, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	96 years	76 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2002	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2002	Black Rock, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Medicine Bow, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Wheatland 4N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Guilin, CN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Vernal, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	18.7 C (65.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Cody, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Idaho Falls 46 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	119 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Ai-Petri, UA	daily high max	11.2 C (52.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Ft Hall 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Twin Falls 6 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Kanosh, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Springer, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	San Jose de Gracia, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Jakutsk, RU	daily high min	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2002	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily low min	-30.8 C (-23.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	93 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2002. 2002 had 939 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 2026-10-13 (13 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 25	758
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2