Weather Records on 13 May 1947

299 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1947. Highest significance: Georgetown, CA.

Key Facts for 13 May 1947

On 13 May 1947, 299 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 295 daily.
Georgetown set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 13 May 1947.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

299 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Acacia Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

299 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 May 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 295.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

232 broken records

Margins by which the 232 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1947

Top 20 records on 13 May 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1947	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1947	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1947	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1947	Shajapur, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1947	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1947	White Cliffs, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1947	Corning, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Rico, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Grand Meadow, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Ada, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Nazira, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Calvin, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Simcoe, CA	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	La Salle Peru, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Saint John, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1947	Thirthahalli, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	26 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1947. 1947 had 299 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	214
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1