Weather Records on 13 January 1933

115 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1933. Highest significance: Raleigh State UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 13 January 1933

On 13 January 1933, 115 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 111 daily.
Raleigh State UNIV set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 13 January 1933.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

115 stations

115 station records on 13 January 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pinopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Point Lowly Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

115 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 41, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 January 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	41
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 January 1933 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 111.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

89 broken records

Margins by which the 89 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1933

Top 20 records on 13 January 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1933	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1933	Weldon, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1933	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1933	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	all-time snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1933	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1933	Constantine, DZ	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Holbrook, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Lumberton, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Oroville 1 N, US	monthly high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Ewing, US	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Kirensk, RU	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Corning, US	daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Tunis, TN	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Holbrook, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1933	Holbrook, US	daily snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	34 years	19 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1933. 1933 had 115 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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 50	84
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2