Weather Records on 13 April 1947

532 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1947. Highest significance: Kotagiri, IN.

Key Facts for 13 April 1947

On 13 April 1947, 532 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 514 daily.
Kotagiri set a daily record precipitation of 143.0 mm (5.6 in) on 13 April 1947.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

532 stations

532 station records on 13 April 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toorak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Erick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carire	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ipira (Camisao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

532 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 April 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 April 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

462 broken records

Margins by which the 462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1947

Top 20 records on 13 April 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1947	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Westminter Estate, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Luling, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Saibai Island, AU	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Ketty, IN	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	San Remo, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Kodaikanal, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Katdoornput 29, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Mazelspoort Dam, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Norwich, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Avanashi, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Tweespruit, ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Annur, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1947	Enid, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	36 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

1798 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1947. 1947 had 532 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	454
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1