6 station records on 13 December 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 13 December 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Boorolong
Australia
Record daily precipitation
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie
Canada
Record high maximum temperature
13.9 C (57.0 F)
14 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)
Australia
Record daily precipitation
7.4 mm (0.29 in)
11 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard
Denmark
Record daily precipitation
6.4 mm (0.25 in)
5 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock
Canada
Record daily snowfall
10.2 cm (4.0 in)
3 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney
Canada
Record high maximum temperature
11.1 C (52.0 F)
1 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
6 records
Records set or tied on 13 December 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 3, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.
Records on 13 December 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
2
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
0
Heaviest daily rainfall
3
Heaviest daily snowfall
1
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 13 December 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 6.
Records on 13 December 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
6
How Much Records Were Beaten By
4 broken records
Margins by which the 4 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 16.0. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 December 1908
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
1796 to 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1908. 1908 had 6 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 12-13 in each year
Year
Records
1796
1
1802
1
1808
2
1814
2
1825
2
1831
1
1835
2
1839
1
1846
2
1849
1
1852
2
1855
2
1862
1
1863
1
1864
1
1867
2
1870
2
1871
1
1873
1
1878
6
1879
1
1880
1
1881
3
1882
2
1885
1
1887
1
1890
1
1891
9
1892
1
1893
4
1894
3
1896
1
1897
2
1898
5
1899
9
1900
5
1901
4
1902
13
1903
13
1904
8
1905
3
1906
7
1907
11
1908
6
1909
23
1910
45
1911
72
1912
42
1913
23
1914
35
1915
51
1916
207
1917
144
1918
87
1919
52
1920
55
1921
65
1922
84
1923
206
1924
139
1925
160
1926
228
1927
566
1928
227
1929
303
1930
52
1931
525
1932
385
1933
422
1934
186
1935
168
1936
242
1937
375
1938
89
1939
159
1940
426
1941
324
1942
312
1943
244
1944
426
1945
355
1946
455
1947
306
1948
450
1949
321
1950
290
1951
226
1952
431
1953
222
1954
345
1955
479
1956
477
1957
566
1958
855
1959
297
1960
981
1961
898
1962
1,365
1963
442
1964
398
1965
811
1966
653
1967
743
1968
593
1969
545
1970
221
1971
567
1972
991
1973
625
1974
291
1975
1,038
1976
411
1977
685
1978
446
1979
1,072
1980
536
1981
912
1982
740
1983
1,121
1984
1,172
1985
1,642
1986
381
1987
675
1988
906
1989
1,355
1990
649
1991
1,734
1992
1,113
1993
960
1994
1,094
1995
1,634
1996
833
1997
1,126
1998
1,221
1999
964
2000
2,914
2001
1,092
2002
602
2003
1,131
2004
493
2005
589
2006
957
2007
720
2008
1,583
2009
1,016
2010
1,776
2011
833
2012
837
2013
451
2014
1,046
2015
2,363
2016
397
2017
749
2018
379
2019
518
2020
445
2021
420
2022
1,121
2023
485
2024
296
2025
1,342
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Data for records on 1908-12-13: 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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.