Weather Records on 13 March 2005

904 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 2005. Highest significance: Middleboro, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 2005

On 13 March 2005, 904 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
467 were record highs and 227 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 892 daily.
Middleboro set a daily record snow depth of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 13 March 2005.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

904 stations

904 station records on 13 March 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middleboro	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Syr-Darja	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sanzar	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kokaral	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maningrida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barre Falls Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

904 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 287, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 13 March 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	287
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 13 March 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 892.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

704 broken records

Margins by which the 704 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 2005

Top 20 records on 13 March 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 2005	Middleboro, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2005	Warruwi, AU	daily rain	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Syr-Darja, UZ	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Ashgabat, TM	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Sanzar, UZ	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Kota Kinabalu Intl, MY	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Kokaral, UZ	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Holyoke, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Maningrida, AU	daily rain	154.8 mm (6.1 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Kooline, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Santa Barbara, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Dalton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Olga 2 SE, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Zharkent, KZ	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2005	Payette, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2005. 2005 had 904 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 25	614
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	29
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	4
175 to 200	2