Weather Records on 13 May 1945

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1945. Highest significance: Darlington (Ware Street), AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 1945

On 13 May 1945, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 490 daily.
Darlington (Ware Street) set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 13 May 1945.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 13 May 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Terang (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anglia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 May 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 May 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1945

Top 20 records on 13 May 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1945	Darlington (Ware Street), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Vancouver Interst Brg, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Lake Bolac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Terang (Sunnyside), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Yerevan, AM	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Milan, IT	daily high min	20.1 C (68.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	138 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Bologna, IT	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	110 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Annapolis Royal, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Helena 1 S, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Milan, IT	daily high max	32.7 C (90.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1945	Wien, AT	daily high max	27.9 C (82.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1945	Tbilisi, GE	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1945	Karlstad, SE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1945	Sheffield, GB	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1945	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	32 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

1794 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 507 records.

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

Records on 05-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1806	1
1811	1
1814	1
1816	1
1820	1
1833	1
1834	1
1842	1
1848	2
1851	1
1859	1
1860	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	4
1882	2
1883	2
1884	1
1885	3
1886	4
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	5
1896	7
1897	6
1898	2
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	6
1903	4
1904	14
1905	16
1906	31
1907	25
1908	26
1909	10
1910	24
1911	22
1912	51
1913	50
1914	118
1915	133
1916	39
1917	91
1918	208
1919	37
1920	34
1921	62
1922	45
1923	140
1924	97
1925	130
1926	101
1927	165
1928	227
1929	145
1930	197
1931	386
1932	268
1933	709
1934	263
1935	319
1936	319
1937	186
1938	443
1939	309
1940	495
1941	662
1942	650
1943	605
1944	369
1945	507
1946	349
1947	299
1948	382
1949	462
1950	331
1951	538
1952	412
1953	1,053
1954	311
1955	502
1956	1,420
1957	481
1958	632
1959	592
1960	1,466
1961	556
1962	978
1963	451
1964	469
1965	266
1966	683
1967	609
1968	975
1969	663
1970	723
1971	843
1972	444
1973	546
1974	1,122
1975	381
1976	549
1977	834
1978	932
1979	633
1980	563
1981	469
1982	953
1983	1,041
1984	1,005
1985	939
1986	776
1987	1,101
1988	876
1989	669
1990	719
1991	1,046
1992	962
1993	950
1994	620
1995	1,883
1996	1,980
1997	1,113
1998	1,402
1999	727
2000	1,197
2001	1,142
2002	1,225
2003	695
2004	1,328
2005	889
2006	777
2007	655
2008	663
2009	690
2010	1,362
2011	715
2012	732
2013	1,051
2014	979
2015	632
2016	385
2017	572
2018	949
2019	524
2020	894
2021	656
2022	1,727
2023	550
2024	488
2025	887
2026	1,027

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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 20	415
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3