Weather Records on 17 March 2013

723 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 March 2013. Highest significance: Salem, US.

Key Facts for 17 March 2013

On 17 March 2013, 723 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
287 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 713 daily.
Salem set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 17 March 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1825 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

723 stations

723 station records on 17 March 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 March 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Teberda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zelenchukskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 14 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kluhorskij Pereval	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Soyalo (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo Obsy	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 12 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Rocher 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Circle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chelan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Margaritas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Victorville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakes	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chontalcoatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

723 records

Records set or tied on 17 March 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 17 March 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 17 March 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

615 broken records

Margins by which the 615 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

17 March 2013

Top 20 records on 17 March 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 March 2013	Salem, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2013	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	115 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2013	Teberda, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 March 2013	Zelenchukskaja, RU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Olenja Rechka, RU	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Glasgow 14 NW, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Raymond Border STN, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Kluhorskij Pereval, GE	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Soyalo (Cfe), MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Walnut 4S, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Potosi 4 SW, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Arecibo Obsy, PR	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Ada, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Opheim 12 SSE, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Prairie du Rocher 3 WNW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Raymond Border STN, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Wood, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 March 2013	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	42 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

1825 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1825 to 2013. 2013 had 723 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-17 in each year
Year	Records
1825	2
1839	1
1845	1
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	4
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	9
1898	14
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	16
1903	10
1904	11
1905	10
1906	15
1907	14
1908	20
1909	20
1910	17
1911	7
1912	7
1913	31
1914	28
1915	22
1916	40
1917	52
1918	26
1919	86
1920	50
1921	96
1922	49
1923	130
1924	78
1925	143
1926	185
1927	369
1928	230
1929	85
1930	306
1931	124
1932	484
1933	198
1934	368
1935	259
1936	601
1937	455
1938	394
1939	583
1940	250
1941	689
1942	783
1943	500
1944	288
1945	1,345
1946	810
1947	332
1948	340
1949	178
1950	1,105
1951	489
1952	527
1953	236
1954	365
1955	385
1956	573
1957	327
1958	535
1959	471
1960	814
1961	679
1962	321
1963	738
1964	241
1965	1,115
1966	970
1967	856
1968	849
1969	651
1970	768
1971	361
1972	1,013
1973	943
1974	837
1975	475
1976	534
1977	479
1978	787
1979	507
1980	658
1981	679
1982	1,315
1983	912
1984	599
1985	662
1986	551
1987	1,362
1988	1,325
1989	1,082
1990	1,916
1991	756
1992	740
1993	1,608
1994	822
1995	989
1996	689
1997	895
1998	972
1999	688
2000	792
2001	1,349
2002	1,210
2003	1,244
2004	1,406
2005	1,475
2006	579
2007	1,470
2008	955
2009	717
2010	584
2011	926
2012	2,715
2013	723
2014	1,039
2015	1,145
2016	545
2017	847
2018	891
2019	738
2020	454
2021	502
2022	452
2023	875
2024	668
2025	722
2026	2,522

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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 2026-10-17 (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 25	578
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1