Weather Records on 13 May 1952

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1952. Highest significance: Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 1952

On 13 May 1952, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 406 daily.
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale) set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 13 May 1952.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

412 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gauribidanur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoffmeister 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rampur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hughes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irene Mtn Wauconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garu	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 160.

Records on 13 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 406.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

326 broken records

Margins by which the 326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1952

Top 20 records on 13 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1952	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1952	Port Neill, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1952	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1952	Gauribidanur, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1952	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1952	St Petersburg, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1952	Bagodar I, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Brockville, CA	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Ruhnu, LV	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Kuturi, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Palkot, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Hoffmeister 3 W, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Mechanicville 2 S, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Piripiri, BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	High River, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Sekoni, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Channarayapatna, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Rampur, IN	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1952	Irkutsk, RU	daily high min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	63 years	27 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 412 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 10	293
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1