Weather Records on 13 May 1941

662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1941. Highest significance: Fichtelberg, DE.

Key Facts for 13 May 1941

On 13 May 1941, 662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 652 daily.
Fichtelberg set a daily record snow depth of 125.0 cm (49.2 in) on 13 May 1941.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

662 stations

662 station records on 13 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Knights Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bisauli	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Misrikh	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnaur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
West Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hardoi	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

662 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 182, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	182
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 652.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 950.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1941

Top 20 records on 13 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1941	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Dobbins Colgate Foreba, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Knights Landing, US	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Khutauna, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Bisauli, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Misrikh, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Gunnaur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Vacaville, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Ballia, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Colgate Powerhouse, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Ashland, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Nevada City, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Grass Valley, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1941	Bilgram, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1941	Gidhour, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1941	Muhammadabad, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1941	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1941	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	59 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1941	Rajauli, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	30 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

1794 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 662 records.

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

Records on 05-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1806	1
1811	1
1814	1
1816	1
1820	1
1833	1
1834	1
1842	1
1848	2
1851	1
1859	1
1860	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	4
1882	2
1883	2
1884	1
1885	3
1886	4
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	5
1896	7
1897	6
1898	2
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	6
1903	4
1904	14
1905	16
1906	31
1907	25
1908	26
1909	10
1910	24
1911	22
1912	51
1913	50
1914	118
1915	133
1916	39
1917	91
1918	208
1919	37
1920	34
1921	62
1922	45
1923	140
1924	97
1925	130
1926	101
1927	165
1928	227
1929	145
1930	197
1931	386
1932	268
1933	709
1934	263
1935	319
1936	319
1937	186
1938	443
1939	309
1940	495
1941	662
1942	650
1943	605
1944	369
1945	507
1946	349
1947	299
1948	382
1949	462
1950	331
1951	538
1952	412
1953	1,053
1954	311
1955	502
1956	1,420
1957	481
1958	632
1959	592
1960	1,466
1961	556
1962	978
1963	451
1964	469
1965	266
1966	683
1967	609
1968	975
1969	663
1970	723
1971	843
1972	444
1973	546
1974	1,122
1975	381
1976	549
1977	834
1978	932
1979	633
1980	563
1981	469
1982	953
1983	1,041
1984	1,005
1985	939
1986	776
1987	1,101
1988	876
1989	669
1990	719
1991	1,046
1992	962
1993	950
1994	620
1995	1,883
1996	1,980
1997	1,113
1998	1,402
1999	727
2000	1,197
2001	1,142
2002	1,225
2003	695
2004	1,328
2005	889
2006	777
2007	655
2008	663
2009	690
2010	1,362
2011	715
2012	732
2013	1,051
2014	979
2015	632
2016	385
2017	572
2018	949
2019	524
2020	894
2021	656
2022	1,727
2023	550
2024	488
2025	887
2026	1,027

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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 200	531
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1