Weather Records on 13 December 1940

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1940. Highest significance: Mullaley (Goolhi), AU.

Key Facts for 13 December 1940

On 13 December 1940, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 419 daily.
Mullaley (Goolhi) set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 13 December 1940.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

426 stations

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

Weather records on 13 December 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Srivaikuntam	India	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hermidale (Gilgai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 13 December 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 13 December 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1940

Top 20 records on 13 December 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1940	Mullaley (Goolhi), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1940	Chintamani, IN	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Sathenapalli, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Liberty, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Srivaikuntam, IN	daily rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Tiruvur(Tiruvvru), IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Pithoragarh, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Chimur, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Jennings, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Red Rvr, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Chintalapudi, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1940	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1940	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1940	La Veta Pass, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 years	33 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

1796 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1940. 1940 had 426 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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 50	332
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1