Weather Records on 13 July 1942

282 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1942. Highest significance: Yarral Yarral, AU.

Key Facts for 13 July 1942

On 13 July 1942, 282 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 271 daily.
Yarral Yarral set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 13 July 1942.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

282 stations

282 station records on 13 July 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarral Yarral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliakheri	India	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarbad	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnalpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanowna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Derriwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jarauda	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

282 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 122.

Records on 13 July 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1942 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 7, daily 271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1942

Top 20 records on 13 July 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1942	Yarral Yarral, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1942	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1942	Snowflake, US	all-time high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1942	Chicholi, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1942	Sabinal, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1942	Isabela Substn, PR	monthly low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1942	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Harda, IN	daily rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Ashta, IN	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Dublin 2SE, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Kaliakheri, IN	daily rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Ohotsk, RU	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Gadarwara, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Coloso, PR	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Osage, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1942	Havre Wb City, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	25 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

1795 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 282 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	708
2026	1,123

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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	182
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3