Weather Records on 13 May 1946

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1946. Highest significance: Tarabganj, IN.

Key Facts for 13 May 1946

On 13 May 1946, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 340 daily.
Tarabganj set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 13 May 1946.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 13 May 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldine 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aldersyde Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deo	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Wier	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 13.

Records on 13 May 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 340.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

286 broken records

Margins by which the 286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1946

Top 20 records on 13 May 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1946	Tarabganj, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Easton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Manamathurai, IN	monthly rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Pet Jorhat, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Ageon, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Lugano, CH	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Gohpur, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Solomons, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Akbarpur, IN	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Pearl River, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Lalgudi, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Patna Obsy, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1946	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1946	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1946	Morgan City, US	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1946	Coleman, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1946	Gaya, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1946	Kharagpur, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	30 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 349 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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Data for records on 1946-05-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	207
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	2