Weather Records on 13 May 1951

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1951. Highest significance: Meningie, AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 1951

On 13 May 1951, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 532 daily.
Meningie set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 13 May 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

538 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa Agricultural Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nylsvley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Condah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington (Range Vue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coomandook (Malinong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum (Sanderston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amyton (Pinda Section 63)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woolshed Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 13 May 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 13 May 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1951

Top 20 records on 13 May 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1951	Meningie, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Murray Bridge (Tepko), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Minnipa Agricultural Centre, AU	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Colton (Boola Boola), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Courela (Challner), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Melrose (Para Gums), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Nebo, ZA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Deerfield 10 NNW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Magill Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Nylsvley, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1951	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 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

1794 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 538 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 50	433
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2