Weather Records on 13 January 1934

232 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1934. Highest significance: Pawayan, IN.

Key Facts for 13 January 1934

On 13 January 1934, 232 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 230 daily.
Pawayan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 13 January 1934.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

232 stations

232 station records on 13 January 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pawayan	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thakurdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tilhar	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moradabad	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bansgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faridpur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bisalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammdi	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilari	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

232 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 13 January 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 13 January 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1934

Top 20 records on 13 January 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1934	Pawayan, IN	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Port Hedland Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Azamgarh, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Boodarie, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Dumka, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Kheri, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1934	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1934	Woodbrook, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1934	Bareilly, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1934	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1934	Siwan, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1934	Cata (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1934	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1934	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1934	Baheri, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1934	Thakurdwara, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	26 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1934. 1934 had 232 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	197
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1