2 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1901. Highest significance: Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU.
Key Facts for 13 January 1901
On 13 January 1901, 2 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 2 daily.
Cape Otway Lighthouse set a daily record low minimum temperature of 5.6 C (42.1 F) on 13 January 1901.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.
Record Map
2 stations
Lowest daily maximumLowest daily minimum
2 station records on 13 January 1901 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 13 January 1901: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Cape Otway Lighthouse
Australia
Record low minimum temperature
5.6 C (42.1 F)
21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse
Australia
Record low maximum temperature
15.6 C (60.1 F)
0 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
2 records
Records set or tied on 13 January 1901 by type: Lowest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily minimum 1.
Records on 13 January 1901 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
0
Lowest daily maximum
1
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
1
Heaviest daily rainfall
0
Heaviest daily snowfall
0
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 13 January 1901 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 2.
Records on 13 January 1901 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
2
How Much Records Were Beaten By
1 broken records
Margins by which the 1 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 3.8. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 January 1901
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
1794 to 1901
1901
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1901. 1901 had 2 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 01-13 in each year
Year
Records
1794
1
1799
2
1837
1
1849
1
1851
1
1852
1
1864
2
1867
1
1870
2
1871
2
1873
2
1875
1
1876
1
1877
1
1878
1
1879
1
1880
2
1881
2
1882
3
1884
1
1886
1
1888
3
1890
5
1892
2
1893
3
1894
1
1895
6
1896
4
1897
2
1898
6
1899
5
1900
1
1901
2
1902
4
1903
4
1904
23
1905
5
1906
9
1907
14
1908
17
1909
8
1910
45
1911
60
1912
104
1913
6
1914
58
1915
14
1916
49
1917
39
1918
102
1919
23
1920
87
1921
55
1922
104
1923
72
1924
68
1925
418
1926
62
1927
189
1928
638
1929
116
1930
310
1931
102
1932
1,183
1933
115
1934
232
1935
174
1936
220
1937
284
1938
235
1939
357
1940
324
1941
415
1942
318
1943
377
1944
373
1945
507
1946
212
1947
341
1948
533
1949
420
1950
1,141
1951
400
1952
375
1953
669
1954
427
1955
261
1956
469
1957
552
1958
327
1959
347
1960
968
1961
264
1962
711
1963
1,727
1964
995
1965
320
1966
652
1967
470
1968
1,024
1969
615
1970
468
1971
827
1972
1,221
1973
928
1974
762
1975
916
1976
683
1977
889
1978
487
1979
1,801
1980
1,246
1981
1,168
1982
1,381
1983
1,131
1984
657
1985
923
1986
619
1987
1,851
1988
674
1989
769
1990
517
1991
627
1992
841
1993
2,132
1994
1,264
1995
1,729
1996
1,855
1997
2,435
1998
1,001
1999
679
2000
966
2001
662
2002
1,219
2003
566
2004
769
2005
1,883
2006
1,104
2007
2,370
2008
398
2009
875
2010
800
2011
1,358
2012
433
2013
1,645
2014
370
2015
916
2016
422
2017
1,126
2018
960
2019
479
2020
601
2021
626
2022
752
2023
739
2024
1,986
2025
436
Download the Data
Data for records on 1901-01-13: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.