Weather Records on 13 March 2020

812 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 2020. Highest significance: Lahore City, PK.

Key Facts for 13 March 2020

On 13 March 2020, 812 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 793 daily.
Lahore City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 146.1 mm (5.8 in) on 13 March 2020.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

812 stations

812 station records on 13 March 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lahore City	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Victorville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Fire Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barstow	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jharsuguda	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alamo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laughlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wikieup	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stump Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Valley Jct	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapul	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Theresa 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Grassy	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deep Canyon Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pacoima Dam Fc33A-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bakko I Hol	Norway	Record snow depth	210.0 cm (82.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

812 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 297, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 264, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 13 March 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	297
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 13 March 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 793.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 520.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 2020

Top 20 records on 13 March 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 2020	Lahore City, PK	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2020	South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L, AU	daily rain	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2020	Conrad, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Victorville, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Valley of Fire Sp, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	116 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Barstow, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Wittmann 1SE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Ashland, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Jerome, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Zion Np, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Princeton, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Wyloo, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Jharsuguda, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Bagdad, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Quicksand, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Alamo Dam, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2020	Purdum, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	113 years	46 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2020. 2020 had 812 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	1,253
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 2026-10-17 (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 100	692
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1