Weather Records on 13 October 1940

267 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1940. Highest significance: Laverton, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1940

On 13 October 1940, 267 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 265 daily.
Laverton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 13 October 1940.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

267 stations

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

Weather records on 13 October 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hinganghat	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawlers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daveyhurst Mulwarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malcolm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yoweragabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meekatharra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanowna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lohar-Daga	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

267 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 110.

Records on 13 October 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 265.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

211 broken records

Margins by which the 211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1940

Top 20 records on 13 October 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1940	Laverton, AU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1940	Bologna, IT	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1940	Mangrulpir, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1940	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	34.9 C (94.8 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1940	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1940	Hinganghat, IN	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1940	Hindupur, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Wardha, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Perumbalur, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Channapatana, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Regensburg, DE	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Iluppur, IN	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	51 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Karesuando, SE	daily high max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Snowtown, AU	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Mildura Post Office, AU	daily high max	38.4 C (101.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1940	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	20 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

1793 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 267 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	321

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Data for records on 1940-10-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 October 1940
Margin	Records
0 to 10	174
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	4