Weather Records on 13 December 1918

87 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1918. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 13 December 1918

On 13 December 1918, 87 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 86 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 13 December 1918.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

87 stations

87 station records on 13 December 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 December 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mitiamo 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

87 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 December 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 December 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 86.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

78 broken records

Margins by which the 78 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 17.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1918

Top 20 records on 13 December 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1918	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	98 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1918	Gravenhurst, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Oxford, GB	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Uccle, BE	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Sable Island East End, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Yalata, AU	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Yardea, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Moose Factory, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Hewitt, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Bass (Kilcunda), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Nurnberg, DE	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1918	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	33 years	17 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

1796 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1918. 1918 had 87 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	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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 3	49
3 to 5	19
5 to 8	2
8 to 10	2
10 to 13	3
13 to 15	1
15 to 18	2