Weather Records on 14 March 2013

1,014 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 2013. Highest significance: Storm Lake, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 2013

On 14 March 2013, 1,014 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
411 were record highs and 405 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 1,003 daily.
Storm Lake set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 14 March 2013.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

1,014 stations

1,014 station records on 14 March 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Los Castillos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa Mineral	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willis Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.3 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kreuznach	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Golondrina	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oschatz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenix AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bastia	France	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Konigshofen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Strachowice	Poland	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,014 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 279, Lowest daily maximum 199, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 206, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 86.

Records on 14 March 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	279
Lowest daily maximum	199
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	206
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	86

Records on 14 March 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 1,003.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

839 broken records

Margins by which the 839 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 249.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 2013

Top 20 records on 14 March 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 2013	Storm Lake, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	108 years	79 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2013	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2013	Lajes Ab, PT	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Rhein Main, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Bamberg, DE	daily low min	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	129 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	124 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	126 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Arad, RO	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Angelica, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Bremerton, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Altastenberg, DE	daily low max	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Freiburg, DE	daily low min	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	126 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Bonners Ferry, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Springerville, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Redlands, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Porthill, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Tooele, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Bad Muskau, DE	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Donnybrook, AU	daily low max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2013	Halle, DE	daily low min	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	71 years	38 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2013. 2013 had 1,014 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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	827
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1