Weather Records on 13 May 1948

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1948. Highest significance: Krishnagiri, IN.

Key Facts for 13 May 1948

On 13 May 1948, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 371 daily.
Krishnagiri set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 13 May 1948.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

382 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Devanhalli	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madhugiri	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 May 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 May 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1948

Top 20 records on 13 May 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1948	Krishnagiri, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Kulattur, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Kuppam, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Chandragiri, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Phillipsburg, US	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Altoona Horseshoe Curv, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Forks 1 E, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Palacode, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Salem, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Pudukkottai, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Dale Enterprise, US	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Williamsburg 2, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Chestertown, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Dalu, IN	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Haskote, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1948	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	40 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

1794 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 382 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	278
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1