Weather Records on 13 March 2008

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 2008. Highest significance: Del Norte 3ENE, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 2008

On 13 March 2008, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
412 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 610 daily.
Del Norte 3ENE set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 13 March 2008.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 13 March 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bellenden Ker Top STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	438.0 mm (17.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake George 8 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Qulin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eucla	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellenden Ker Bottom STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.0 mm (9.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Strachowice	Poland	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.1 C (107.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Capulhuac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Tlaixpan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosamorada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Pocitas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Svijagino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gotnja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamada	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuatenco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkakra	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yonago	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oita	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlixco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 13 March 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 13 March 2008 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 610.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 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 2008

Top 20 records on 13 March 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 2008	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2008	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Ixtlahuacan (Smn), MX	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Ixcamilpa (Cfe), MX	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Liepaja, LV	daily high min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Sharon Springs, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Kiev, UA	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Bellenden Ker Top STN, AU	daily rain	438.0 mm (17.2 in)	251.0 mm (9.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	San Isidro, MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily high max	8.0 C (46.4 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Hayden, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Aspendell, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Lake George 8 SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Maybell, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2008	Qulin, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 2008	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 March 2008	Nogliki, RU	daily high max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2008. 2008 had 622 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 March 2008
Margin	Records
0 to 100	494
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1