Weather Records on 13 April 1939

857 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1939. Highest significance: Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie), AU.

Key Facts for 13 April 1939

On 13 April 1939, 857 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 260 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 831 daily.
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 13 April 1939.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

857 stations

857 station records on 13 April 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Slaty Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boxdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winiam Clear Bank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castlemaine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wonwondah (Mount Zero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chepstowe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Champawat	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winjallok	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

857 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 235, Heaviest daily rainfall 470, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 13 April 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	235
Heaviest daily rainfall	470
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 April 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 831.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

746 broken records

Margins by which the 746 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1939

Top 20 records on 13 April 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1939	Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie), AU	all-time rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1939	Vedaranayam, IN	monthly rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1939	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1939	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1939	Crowlands (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1939	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs., AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Tirupoondi, IN	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Clear Lake, AU	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Kyneton Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Mount Macedon, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Great Western (Seppelt), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Big Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Slaty Creek, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Mallan (Niemur Valley), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1939	Boxdale, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1939. 1939 had 857 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 20	660
20 to 40	72
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1