Weather Records on 13 July 1939

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1939. Highest significance: Kerrville, US.

Key Facts for 13 July 1939

On 13 July 1939, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 374 daily.
Kerrville set a daily record precipitation of 110.7 mm (4.4 in) on 13 July 1939.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

382 stations

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

Weather records on 13 July 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Angelo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahuadaur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sepao	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biddelia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalaun	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deogarh (Bamra)	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 124.

Records on 13 July 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1939 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 2, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1939

Top 20 records on 13 July 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1939	Kerrville, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1939	Luling, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1939	Blanco, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1939	Edna 3 SW, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1939	Raipur, IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1939	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1939	Zion Np, US	all-time high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Magdeburg, DE	monthly low min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Gumla, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	San Marcos, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Bidhuna, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Sherbrooke, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Bhikapur, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Brockville, CA	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Ernakulam, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Bosque del Apache, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Hondo, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	San Angelo, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1939	Mahuadaur, IN	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	27 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

1795 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1939. 1939 had 382 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	708
2026	1,123

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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 20	257
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3