Weather Records on 13 October 1941

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1941. Highest significance: Redford, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1941

On 13 October 1941, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 552 daily.
Redford set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 13 October 1941.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

555 stations

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

Weather records on 13 October 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Owens Gap (T.O.K.)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plum Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Glenrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Cranbourne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nandoura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 13 October 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

472 broken records

Margins by which the 472 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1941

Top 20 records on 13 October 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1941	Redford, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Rico, US	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Goderich, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Owens Gap (T.O.K.), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Mount Forest, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Boggabri (Milchengowrie), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Westgrove, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Somerton Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Palampur, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Ft Valley, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Plum Island, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Williams, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Manistee 3SE, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Gnomery, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Coonamble (Wingadee), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1941	Brindley Park 2, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1941	Silverton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	34 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1941. 1941 had 555 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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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 10	395
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1