Weather Records on 13 March 1988

870 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 March 1988. Highest significance: Yoder 5 W, US.

Key Facts for 13 March 1988

On 13 March 1988, 870 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 248 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 844 daily.
Yoder 5 W set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 13 March 1988.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

870 stations

870 station records on 13 March 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 March 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Potter	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nagold	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carbla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Encampment 10 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roetgen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Caa AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yaringa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Konigstuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murrhardt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wasta	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heidenheim/Brenz	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weismain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hornisgrinde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Pass	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record snow depth	122.0 cm (48.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	182.0 cm (71.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hallnas-Lund	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pactola Dam	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inhumas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schwabisch Gmund-Strassdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Springs AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Neudenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

870 records

Records set or tied on 13 March 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 137, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 134.

Records on 13 March 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	137
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	134

Records on 13 March 1988 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 18, daily 844.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

722 broken records

Margins by which the 722 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 787.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 March 1988

Top 20 records on 13 March 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 March 1988	Yoder 5 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1988	Potter, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 March 1988	Chadron 3SW, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Nagold, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Lead, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Porto Novo, BR	daily rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Ft Meade, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Carbla Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Encampment 10 ESE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Nurnberg, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Roetgen, DE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Stammbach-Querenbach, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Bad-Calmbach Wildbad, DE	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Douglas Caa AP, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Yaringa Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Konigstuhl, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 March 1988	Pasamonte, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	78 years	45 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1988. 1988 had 870 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	665
100 to 200	35
200 to 300	15
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1