Weather Records on 13 April 1920

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1920. Highest significance: Burlington, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 1920

On 13 April 1920, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 256 daily.
Burlington set a daily record precipitation of 33.3 mm (1.3 in) on 13 April 1920.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

258 stations

258 station records on 13 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bogo Bogolog	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toongabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Cocketgedong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewongle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 13 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1920

Top 20 records on 13 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1920	Burlington, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Bogo Bogolog, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Cornwall, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Lake Eildon, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Quebec, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Round Hill, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Officer (Jesmond Dene), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1920	Bigga (Woolbrook), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1920	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1920	Northfield, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1920	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1920	Hanover, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1920	Toongabbie, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1920	Gardiner, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1920	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1920	Cowra Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	27 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

1798 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1920. 1920 had 258 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	510
2017	454
2018	914
2019	736
2020	2,051
2021	465
2022	2,173
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	849

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	223
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2