Weather Records on 13 May 1934

263 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1934. Highest significance: Topeka, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 1934

On 13 May 1934, 263 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 258 daily.
Topeka set a daily record precipitation of 100.6 mm (4.0 in) on 13 May 1934.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

263 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Topeka	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palghat	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

263 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 106.

Records on 13 May 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1934 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

198 broken records

Margins by which the 198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1934

Top 20 records on 13 May 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1934	Topeka, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1934	Palghat, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1934	Sendamangalam, IN	all-time rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1934	Namakkal, IN	all-time rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1934	Salina, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Lawrence, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Burlington, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Newport, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Hvar, HR	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Bhavani, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Mettupalayam, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Thammampatty, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Osage City, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Seattle Urban Site, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Trenton, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Omalur, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Ness City, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Yercaud, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1934	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	13 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1934. 1934 had 263 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	181
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1