Weather Records on 13 January 1952

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1952. Highest significance: Trout Lake, US.

Key Facts for 13 January 1952

On 13 January 1952, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
212 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 363 daily.
Trout Lake set a monthly record daily snowfall of 55.9 cm (22.0 in) on 13 January 1952.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 13 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	55.1 cm (21.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	200.7 cm (79.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eleanor	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Witbankfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Cn Mouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Terrace	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook Cove	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	143.0 cm (56.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 13 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 13 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

298 broken records

Margins by which the 298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1952

Top 20 records on 13 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1952	Trout Lake, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Milagres, BR	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Mill Bay, CA	daily snowfall	55.1 cm (21.7 in)	44.9 cm (17.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Wallace, US	daily snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	66.1 cm (26.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Langet, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	200.7 cm (79.0 in)	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Fairmont, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Lake Eleanor, US	daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Mill Creek 2, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Saugus Pwr Plt 1, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Trout Lake, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Hood Rs, US	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Casa Grande, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Karasjok, NO	daily snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1952	Alert Bay, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1952	Santa Ana River Ph 1, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1952	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1952	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	31 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1952. 1952 had 375 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 200	290
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	1