Weather Records on 15 March 2013

1,486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 2013. Highest significance: Spas-Demensk, RU.

Key Facts for 15 March 2013

On 15 March 2013, 1,486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
639 were record highs and 451 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,446 daily.
Spas-Demensk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 15 March 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,486 stations

1,486 station records on 15 March 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spas-Demensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Zhitckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Novo-Jerusalim	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zhlobin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roslavl	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodanilling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Congee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gnowangerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Barrial	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nyabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
River Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bragin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Volodymyr-Volynskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Chittering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valern	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Badgebup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Slavgorod	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Tibia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Twolganup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wanneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nyerilup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Swan View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wickepin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,486 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 387, Lowest daily maximum 215, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 236, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 15 March 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	387
Lowest daily maximum	215
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	236
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 15 March 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 1,446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,270 broken records

Margins by which the 1,270 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 2013

Top 20 records on 15 March 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 2013	Spas-Demensk, RU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	74 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2013	Barooga, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2013	Zhitckovichi, BY	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2013	Novo-Jerusalim, RU	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2013	Shepetivka, UA	monthly rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2013	Lviv, UA	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2013	Gorki, BY	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2013	Darkan, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2013	Zhlobin, BY	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2013	Chidlow, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Gingin, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Roslavl, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Pearce Raaf, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Duranillin, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Pallinup, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Pingelly, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Brookton, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Wooroloo, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Newdegate Research Station, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2013	Tarwonga, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	55 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 1,486 records.

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

Records on 03-15 in each year
Year	Records
1810	1
1813	1
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1836	2
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1850	1
1852	2
1854	1
1859	3
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1878	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	6
1893	5
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	12
1901	11
1902	14
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	36
1907	16
1908	43
1909	13
1910	23
1911	27
1912	51
1913	79
1914	32
1915	11
1916	34
1917	36
1918	81
1919	40
1920	43
1921	140
1922	39
1923	134
1924	145
1925	72
1926	169
1927	332
1928	193
1929	267
1930	240
1931	122
1932	610
1933	167
1934	298
1935	617
1936	298
1937	711
1938	505
1939	336
1940	340
1941	259
1942	399
1943	639
1944	622
1945	895
1946	915
1947	374
1948	198
1949	409
1950	249
1951	334
1952	358
1953	298
1954	340
1955	419
1956	534
1957	485
1958	431
1959	348
1960	972
1961	430
1962	585
1963	297
1964	411
1965	174
1966	893
1967	831
1968	545
1969	933
1970	541
1971	772
1972	814
1973	1,074
1974	439
1975	713
1976	220
1977	787
1978	566
1979	997
1980	503
1981	799
1982	997
1983	844
1984	638
1985	519
1986	771
1987	687
1988	1,599
1989	1,221
1990	2,255
1991	852
1992	1,131
1993	3,353
1994	1,405
1995	1,372
1996	706
1997	1,500
1998	847
1999	1,269
2000	458
2001	930
2002	1,317
2003	1,157
2004	1,046
2005	1,099
2006	688
2007	1,420
2008	903
2009	744
2010	675
2011	730
2012	2,297
2013	1,486
2014	397
2015	1,573
2016	948
2017	1,497
2018	538
2019	861
2020	1,128
2021	916
2022	491
2023	768
2024	1,401
2025	1,162
2026	877

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Data for records on 2013-03-15: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	1,194
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2