Weather Records on 13 December 1941

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1941. Highest significance: Newark Liberty Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 13 December 1941

On 13 December 1941, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 315 daily.
Newark Liberty Intl AP set a daily record precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 13 December 1941.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

324 stations

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

Weather records on 13 December 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lanka	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nallian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 December 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 December 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1941

Top 20 records on 13 December 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1941	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1941	Carlisle, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Sherbrooke, CA	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Takoma Park # 1, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Woogenellup, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Bedford Hills, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Gabriels, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Solomons, US	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Winchendon, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Pindathuna, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Hinton 1, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Groton, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Lowell, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Edenton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1941	Colebrook, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	38 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

1796 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1941. 1941 had 324 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 20	250
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1