Weather Records on 13 April 1944

212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1944. Highest significance: Murrungowar, AU.

Key Facts for 13 April 1944

On 13 April 1944, 212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 209 daily.
Murrungowar set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 13 April 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

212 stations

212 station records on 13 April 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbres	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sakardu Obsy	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

212 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 13 April 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 13 April 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 209.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

167 broken records

Margins by which the 167 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1944

Top 20 records on 13 April 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1944	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1944	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1944	Maryvale Station, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1944	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1944	Dras, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1944	Murrays Lagoon (Bayside), AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1944	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1944	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Uanda, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Trout Lake, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Cascade, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Haparanda, SE	daily low min	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1944	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	28 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

1798 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1944. 1944 had 212 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	510
2017	454
2018	914
2019	736
2020	2,051
2021	465
2022	2,173
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	849

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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 50	155
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1