Weather Records on 13 April 1921

59 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1921. Highest significance: Gospic, HR.

Key Facts for 13 April 1921

On 13 April 1921, 59 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 59 daily.
Gospic set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 13 April 1921.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

59 stations

59 station records on 13 April 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

59 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 13 April 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 April 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 59.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

58 broken records

Margins by which the 58 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 27.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1921

Top 20 records on 13 April 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1921	Gospic, HR	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Sarna, SE	daily rain	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Gavle, SE	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Boras, SE	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Parnu, EE	daily rain	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Cradock, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1921	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	30 years	20 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1921. 1921 had 59 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 2026-10-17 (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	37
5 to 10	10
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	4