Weather Records on 13 October 1932

315 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1932. Highest significance: Melbourne Regional Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1932

On 13 October 1932, 315 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 305 daily.
Melbourne Regional Office set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 13 October 1932.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

315 stations

315 station records on 13 October 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watalunga Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lambrigg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

315 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 13 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1932

Top 20 records on 13 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1932	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1932	Keilor (Arundel), AU	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1932	Essendon 1, AU	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Silchar, IN	daily rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Watalunga Estate, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Anakie, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	May Vale, AU	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Lambrigg, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1932	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1932	Greensborough, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1932	Aseral, NO	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1932	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	32 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 315 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	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	321

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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	258
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1