Weather Records on 13 May 1915

133 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1915. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 13 May 1915

On 13 May 1915, 133 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 127 daily.
Oxford set a daily record precipitation of 36.5 mm (1.4 in) on 13 May 1915.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

133 stations

133 station records on 13 May 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piangil (Burra Burra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tareena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

133 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 112.

Records on 13 May 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

124 broken records

Margins by which the 124 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1915

Top 20 records on 13 May 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1915	Oxford, GB	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1915	Hoofddorp, NL	monthly rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1915	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1915	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1915	Hoorn, NL	monthly rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1915	Carrieton (Yackara), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1915	Scheveningen, NL	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1915	Beltana, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Blyth, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Arrowie, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Poolamacca, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Kerkwerve, NL	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	West Terschelling, NL	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Hamley Bridge, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Salisbury Downs, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Boolcoomatta, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1915	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	22 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

1794 to 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1915. 1915 had 133 records.

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

Records on 05-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1806	1
1811	1
1814	1
1816	1
1820	1
1833	1
1834	1
1842	1
1848	2
1851	1
1859	1
1860	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	4
1882	2
1883	2
1884	1
1885	3
1886	4
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	5
1896	7
1897	6
1898	2
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	6
1903	4
1904	14
1905	16
1906	31
1907	25
1908	26
1909	10
1910	24
1911	22
1912	51
1913	50
1914	118
1915	133
1916	39
1917	91
1918	208
1919	37
1920	34
1921	62
1922	45
1923	140
1924	97
1925	130
1926	101
1927	165
1928	227
1929	145
1930	197
1931	386
1932	268
1933	709
1934	263
1935	319
1936	319
1937	186
1938	443
1939	309
1940	495
1941	662
1942	650
1943	605
1944	369
1945	507
1946	349
1947	299
1948	382
1949	462
1950	331
1951	538
1952	412
1953	1,053
1954	311
1955	502
1956	1,420
1957	481
1958	632
1959	592
1960	1,466
1961	556
1962	978
1963	451
1964	469
1965	266
1966	683
1967	609
1968	975
1969	663
1970	723
1971	843
1972	444
1973	546
1974	1,122
1975	381
1976	549
1977	834
1978	932
1979	633
1980	563
1981	469
1982	953
1983	1,041
1984	1,005
1985	939
1986	776
1987	1,101
1988	876
1989	669
1990	719
1991	1,046
1992	962
1993	950
1994	620
1995	1,883
1996	1,980
1997	1,113
1998	1,402
1999	727
2000	1,197
2001	1,142
2002	1,225
2003	695
2004	1,328
2005	889
2006	777
2007	655
2008	663
2009	690
2010	1,362
2011	715
2012	732
2013	1,051
2014	979
2015	632
2016	385
2017	572
2018	949
2019	524
2020	894
2021	656
2022	1,727
2023	550
2024	488
2025	887
2026	1,027

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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 5	62
5 to 10	27
10 to 15	20
15 to 20	12
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1