Weather Records on 13 July 1940

891 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1940. Highest significance: Stansbury, AU.

Key Facts for 13 July 1940

On 13 July 1940, 891 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 576 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 872 daily.
Stansbury set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 13 July 1940.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

891 stations

891 station records on 13 July 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New River	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	287.5 mm (11.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umrer	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

891 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 212, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 364, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 13 July 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	212
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	364
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 872.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

704 broken records

Margins by which the 704 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1940

Top 20 records on 13 July 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1940	Stansbury, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1940	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Millicent, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Durg(Drug), IN	daily rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Warooka, AU	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	New River, US	monthly rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Yorketown, AU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Batesville, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Chimur, IN	monthly rain	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Talladega, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Asifabad(Rev), IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Brahmapuri, IN	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Brownsville, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1940	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	36 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

1795 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1940. 1940 had 891 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	671
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1