Weather Records on 13 April 1951

715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1951. Highest significance: Mount Nelson, AU.

Key Facts for 13 April 1951

On 13 April 1951, 715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 698 daily.
Mount Nelson set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 13 April 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

715 stations

715 station records on 13 April 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Old Beach (Compton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alwaye Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tolmie State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

715 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 460, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 13 April 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	460
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 13 April 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 698.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 720.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1951

Top 20 records on 13 April 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1951	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1951	Bellerive (Fort Street), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1951	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Franklin, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Navalgund, IN	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Kingston, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Petcheys Bay, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Old Beach (Compton), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Alwaye Pwd, IN	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Cambridge (Milford), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Richmond (Lowlands), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1951	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	51 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1951. 1951 had 715 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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Data for records on 1951-04-13: 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 100	613
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1