Weather Records on 13 May 1937

186 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1937. Highest significance: Bad Muskau, DE.

Key Facts for 13 May 1937

On 13 May 1937, 186 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 184 daily.
Bad Muskau set a daily record precipitation of 35.4 mm (1.4 in) on 13 May 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

186 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

186 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 184.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

153 broken records

Margins by which the 153 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1937

Top 20 records on 13 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1937	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1937	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1937	Bay City, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1937	Tiffin, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1937	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1937	Itawah, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1937	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Hebbronville, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Albany, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Waterdale, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	63 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Genoa, IT	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Angermunde, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Bardstown, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	St Georges, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1937	Decatur 1 N, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	39 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 186 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 May 1937
Margin	Records
0 to 10	121
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2