Weather Records on 13 March 2023

1,119 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 2023. Highest significance: McKenzie Rvr Rs, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 2023

On 13 March 2023, 1,119 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
455 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 1,095 daily.
McKenzie Rvr Rs set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 13 March 2023.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,119 stations

1,119 station records on 13 March 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Junee (Breffni)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moolboolaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goteborg A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lee Vining	United States	Record snow depth	134.6 cm (53.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart/Echterdingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cecil Plains Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Foxground Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Brigadoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bollebygd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Duri (Ashgrove) No 142	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Number One (Murrays Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northdale	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,119 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 209, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 246, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 461, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 96.

Records on 13 March 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	209
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	246
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	461
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	96

Records on 13 March 2023 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 18, daily 1,095.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,010 broken records

Margins by which the 1,010 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1092.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 2023

Top 20 records on 13 March 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 2023	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	118 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2023	Temora Ambulance Station, AU	daily rain	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2023	McGill, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	125 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2023	Sugar City, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	105 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2023	Preston, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2023	Hinsdale 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 March 2023	Riverton, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Wombat (Tumbleton), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Shoshoni, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Nive Downs, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	109 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	132 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Greenethorpe (Iandra), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Myton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	106 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Gresford Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Junee (Breffni), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Appleton, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 2023	Maryland, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	136 years	53 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2023. 2023 had 1,119 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 200	989
200 to 400	17
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1