Weather Records on 13 October 1909

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1909. Highest significance: Ladismith (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 13 October 1909

On 13 October 1909, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 39 daily.
Ladismith (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 26.4 mm (1.0 in) on 13 October 1909.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 13 October 1909 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1909: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1909 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 3, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 October 1909 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	3
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1909 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 39.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

34 broken records

Margins by which the 34 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1909

Top 20 records on 13 October 1909 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1909	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1909	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Port Stanley, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Stratford, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Dalhousie, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Southampton, CA	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Toledo Blade, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Madison Wb City, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Escanaba, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Dubuque River, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Port Dover, CA	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	4 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Saint John, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily low min	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	31 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	25 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	21 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Halifax, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	25 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1909	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	17 years	11 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1909

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1909. 1909 had 39 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	321

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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	32
10 to 20	0
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1