Weather Records on 13 October 1943

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1943. Highest significance: Matatiele, ZA.

Key Facts for 13 October 1943

On 13 October 1943, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 494 daily.
Matatiele set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 13 October 1943.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

501 stations

501 station records on 13 October 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flint	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 13 October 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 494.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1943

Top 20 records on 13 October 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1943	Matatiele, ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1943	Kilmashogue,Lowlands, ZA	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1943	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Jefferson, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Ozark, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Cloquet, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Flandreau, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	De Smet, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Howard, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Inwood 2 SW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	The Meadows, ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Rahuri, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1943	Clark, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	43 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

1793 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 501 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	293
10 to 20	89
20 to 30	35
30 to 40	20
40 to 50	14
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2