Weather Records on 13 April 1937

185 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1937. Highest significance: Albany 1 N, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 1937

On 13 April 1937, 185 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 175 daily.
Albany 1 N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 13 April 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

185 stations

185 station records on 13 April 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

185 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 April 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 April 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 175.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

140 broken records

Margins by which the 140 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 380.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1937

Top 20 records on 13 April 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1937	Albany 1 N, US	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1937	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1937	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Vancouver Interst Brg, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Corvallis State UNIV, US	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Detroit, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Ashland, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Eugene, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Prospect 2 SW, US	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Centralia, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Cascade Locks, US	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	La Ctr, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1937	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

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

1798 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1937. 1937 had 185 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	510
2017	454
2018	914
2019	736
2020	2,051
2021	465
2022	2,173
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	849

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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 50	135
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1