Weather Records on 13 July 1952

730 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1952. Highest significance: Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 13 July 1952

On 13 July 1952, 730 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 694 daily.
Cape Schanck Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 13 July 1952.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

730 stations

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

Weather records on 13 July 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kleindubbelvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Frankston 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yardie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perthville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

730 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 472.

Records on 13 July 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	472
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 694.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1952

Top 20 records on 13 July 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1952	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1952	Rockley Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Murrumbeena Leeds Grove, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Burnley Richmond Park, AU	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Woori Yallock, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Garfield, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Silvan State School, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Ventnor (Oaklands), AU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Kareedoorn, ZA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Canterbury, AU	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Kleindubbelvlei, ZA	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Warragul, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Prahran (Como House), AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Heidelberg (Rosanna), AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Maibong, IN	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Frankston 1, AU	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1952	Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat, AU	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	49 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

1795 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 730 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	708
2026	1,123

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Data for records on 1952-07-13: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	567
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3