Weather Records on 13 April 1948

595 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1948. Highest significance: Williamson, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 1948

On 13 April 1948, 595 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 577 daily.
Williamson set a daily record precipitation of 64.3 mm (2.5 in) on 13 April 1948.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

595 stations

595 station records on 13 April 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Dam 2O	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Lock Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Dam 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rumsey Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

595 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 577.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1948

Top 20 records on 13 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1948	Williamson, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Belleville Dam 2O, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Limoeiro Do Norte, BR	daily rain	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Richmond, US	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Vanceburg, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Weston, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Ravenswood Lock Park, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Bardstown, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Greensburg, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Washington Dam 19, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Edmonton 3 W, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Spencer, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1948	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	39 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1948. 1948 had 595 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 100	501
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1