Weather Records on 13 May 1929

145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1929. Highest significance: Crown St. Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 1929

On 13 May 1929, 145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 145 daily.
Crown St. Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 182.9 mm (7.2 in) on 13 May 1929.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

145 stations

145 station records on 13 May 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

145 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 May 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

120 broken records

Margins by which the 120 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 156.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1929

Top 20 records on 13 May 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1929	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1929	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1929	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1929	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1929	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1929	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1929	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Charleston, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Tuscola, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Grafton, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Palestine, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Rockville, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1929	Irvington, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	25 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 145 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 20	98
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1