Weather Records on 21 October 1913

59 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1913. Highest significance: Beatrice, CA.

Key Facts for 21 October 1913

On 21 October 1913, 59 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 58 daily.
Beatrice set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 21 October 1913.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

59 stations

59 station records on 21 October 1913 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1913: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

59 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1913 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 10, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 21 October 1913 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	10
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 October 1913 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 58.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1913

Top 20 records on 21 October 1913 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1913	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1913	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	St John's, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Arrowie, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Sydney, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Stony Mountain, CA	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Stony Mountain, CA	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1913	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	32 years	15 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

1795 to 1913

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1913. 1913 had 59 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	436
2019	755
2020	1,131
2021	572
2022	626
2023	881
2024	1,140
2025	365

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	46
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1