Weather Records on 13 March 2004

637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 2004. Highest significance: Tulloona (Coolanga), AU.

Key Facts for 13 March 2004

On 13 March 2004, 637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
313 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 623 daily.
Tulloona (Coolanga) set a daily record precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 13 March 2004.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

637 stations

637 station records on 13 March 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Weemelah (Crinolyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
North Star Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Wilgabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (the Prairies)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millau	France	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Birra Birra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
North Star (Bonanza)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Landvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boomi (Kurrajong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Belford Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Faverges-de-la-Tour	France	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hidalgo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi (Boxwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.3 C (-26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Risor Brannstasjon	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

637 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 13 March 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 13 March 2004 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 2004

Top 20 records on 13 March 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 2004	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2004	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2004	Collarenebri (Albert St), AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	97 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2004	Kimberley, ZA	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2004	Angledool (Angledool Station), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2004	Yamburgan, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2004	Weemelah (Crinolyn), AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Croppa Creek (Krui Plains), AU	monthly rain	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Whyenbah, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	111 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	North Star Post Office, AU	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Mt Locke, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Harvey 4NE, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Boomi (Barwon St), AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Mungindi (Wilgabah), AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Ashley (the Prairies), AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Coolatai (Orana), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2004	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	52 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2004. 2004 had 637 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	526
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1