Weather Records on 13 May 1926

101 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1926. Highest significance: Tewantin Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 1926

On 13 May 1926, 101 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 100 daily.
Tewantin Post Office set a daily record low maximum temperature of 16.1 C (61.0 F) on 13 May 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

101 stations

101 station records on 13 May 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pimlico	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

101 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 24.

Records on 13 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 100.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 12.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1926

Top 20 records on 13 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1926	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Quatsino, CA	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	1 year	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low max	18.7 C (65.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Olga 2 SE, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Bella Coola, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	43 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Wappingers Falls, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Parnu, EE	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Toledo, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Crosbyton, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1926	Steveston, CA	monthly high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	3 years	15 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1926. 1926 had 101 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 2	42
2 to 4	15
4 to 6	5
6 to 8	2
8 to 10	2
10 to 12	1
12 to 14	1