Weather Records on 13 October 1952

335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1952. Highest significance: Sion 2, CH.

Key Facts for 13 October 1952

On 13 October 1952, 335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 327 daily.
Sion 2 set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 13 October 1952.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

335 stations

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

Weather records on 13 October 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolangir	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Molakmura	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Agricultural Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Devanhalli	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatal	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rayadurg	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baramba	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amchong(Sonepur)	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

335 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 October 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 October 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1952

Top 20 records on 13 October 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1952	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Odesa, UA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Bolangir, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Dharmavaram, IN	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Adhoura, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Molakmura, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Arsikere, IN	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Shiggaon, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Weissenburg, DE	daily low max	3.1 C (37.6 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1952	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1952	Bathurst Agricultural Station, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1952	Krishnanagar, IN	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1952	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1952	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low max	4.6 C (40.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1952	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1952	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low max	3.7 C (38.7 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1952	Arcadia, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1952	Devanhalli, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1952	Babb 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	30 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 335 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	321

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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 20	236
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1