Weather Records on 31 March 2013

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 March 2013. Highest significance: Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU.

Key Facts for 31 March 2013

On 31 March 2013, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 722 daily.
Plaisance (Mauritiu set a daily record precipitation of 119.1 mm (4.7 in) on 31 March 2013.
Across 155 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 31 March 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 March 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jabiru Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.8 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Obs.	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kumejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barking Sands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grambek	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Twee Rivieren	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bochum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Finca la Soledad	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Braunlage	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eslohe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wagersrott	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schmucke	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenborn	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 31 March 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 95.

Records on 31 March 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	95

Records on 31 March 2013 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 28, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

623 broken records

Margins by which the 623 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 March 2013

Top 20 records on 31 March 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 March 2013	Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Jaen (Instituto), ES	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Zamora, ES	monthly rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Jabiru Airport, AU	daily rain	149.8 mm (5.9 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Albacete Obs., ES	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Kumejima, JP	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Roseburg Rgnl AP, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Coloso, PR	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily low min	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Myerstown, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Putbus, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Teterow, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Estacada 2 SE, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	157 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Knin, HR	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Tetonia Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Le Bourget, FR	daily low min	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 March 2013	Barking Sands, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	42 years	39 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

1808 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2013. 2013 had 753 records.

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

Records on 03-31 in each year
Year	Records
1808	2
1815	2
1843	1
1848	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	3
1856	2
1859	3
1865	2
1869	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	9
1901	7
1902	3
1903	14
1904	16
1905	29
1906	10
1907	11
1908	5
1909	4
1910	45
1911	24
1912	18
1913	62
1914	16
1915	57
1916	17
1917	52
1918	42
1919	86
1920	65
1921	238
1922	102
1923	459
1924	160
1925	110
1926	306
1927	198
1928	98
1929	323
1930	137
1931	365
1932	360
1933	311
1934	181
1935	310
1936	1,242
1937	258
1938	649
1939	197
1940	697
1941	250
1942	245
1943	794
1944	327
1945	778
1946	897
1947	658
1948	355
1949	452
1950	579
1951	490
1952	382
1953	302
1954	549
1955	286
1956	767
1957	373
1958	414
1959	622
1960	327
1961	525
1962	547
1963	987
1964	1,345
1965	457
1966	845
1967	1,025
1968	504
1969	1,126
1970	945
1971	516
1972	427
1973	755
1974	852
1975	1,032
1976	519
1977	1,021
1978	1,362
1979	722
1980	640
1981	1,060
1982	926
1983	564
1984	532
1985	1,471
1986	1,507
1987	2,256
1988	850
1989	1,335
1990	842
1991	634
1992	747
1993	668
1994	871
1995	940
1996	743
1997	962
1998	2,587
1999	1,100
2000	581
2001	686
2002	861
2003	1,722
2004	1,055
2005	861
2006	1,088
2007	1,150
2008	1,471
2009	927
2010	984
2011	1,020
2012	942
2013	753
2014	631
2015	861
2016	823
2017	1,423
2018	663
2019	544
2020	534
2021	949
2022	683
2023	1,128
2024	488
2025	942
2026	1,275

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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 50	592
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1