Weather Records on 13 October 1920

41 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1920. Highest significance: Franklyn Vale, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1920

On 13 October 1920, 41 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 41 daily.
Franklyn Vale set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 13 October 1920.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

41 stations

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

Weather records on 13 October 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

41 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 7, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 13 October 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	7
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 41.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

32 broken records

Margins by which the 32 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1920

Top 20 records on 13 October 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1920	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Port Arthur, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Madison Wb City, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Dubuque River, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Escanaba, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Concordia ASOS, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	14 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	London South, CA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Uman, UA	daily low min	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	14 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Stratford, CA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Paris, CA	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	2 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	White River, CA	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Lakefield, CA	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1920	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	13 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1920. 1920 had 41 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	1,412
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760

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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 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	29
10 to 20	0
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1