Weather Records on 13 May 1930

197 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1930. Highest significance: Geelong Sec, AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 1930

On 13 May 1930, 197 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 195 daily.
Geelong Sec set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 13 May 1930.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

197 stations

197 station records on 13 May 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

197 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 May 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1930

Top 20 records on 13 May 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1930	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1930	Blackburn, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1930	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1930	Austin, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1930	Tarnagulla, AU	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Apollo Bay, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Waurn Ponds, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Johanna Glen, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Colac (Shire Office), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Campbell Town (Quorn Hall), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Haskell, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Gembrook, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Arapaho, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Gellibrand River East (Lovat), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1930	Colane, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	41 years	23 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1930. 1930 had 197 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).