Weather Records on 13 May 1935

319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1935. Highest significance: Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 13 May 1935

On 13 May 1935, 319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 309 daily.
Buffelsnek (Bos) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 283.2 mm (11.1 in) on 13 May 1935.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

319 stations

319 station records on 13 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	283.2 mm (11.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

319 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 13 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

248 broken records

Margins by which the 248 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 225.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1935

Top 20 records on 13 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1935	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	all-time rain	283.2 mm (11.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1935	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	all-time rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1935	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Mantova, IT	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Anthony, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	146.9 mm (5.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Bagalkot, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Norwich, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Jefferson 3SE, US	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Wichita, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1935	Nuwejaarskraal, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1935	Newton, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1935	Coldwater, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	41 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

1794 to 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1935. 1935 had 319 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 2026-10-16 (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	242
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1