Weather Records on 13 April 1955

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1955. Highest significance: Bay Minette, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 1955

On 13 April 1955, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 642 daily.
Bay Minette set a monthly record daily precipitation of 285.8 mm (11.3 in) on 13 April 1955.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

665 stations

665 station records on 13 April 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	285.8 mm (11.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Guatapara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 447, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 13 April 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	447
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 13 April 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 642.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

588 broken records

Margins by which the 588 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1955

Top 20 records on 13 April 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1955	Bay Minette, US	monthly rain	285.8 mm (11.3 in)	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1955	Ness City, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1955	Columbia, US	monthly rain	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 April 1955	Warooka, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Merrill, US	monthly rain	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Maryville 2E, US	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Natchez, US	daily rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Cleve (Pineside), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Healy, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Cowell, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Wawaitin, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Grant City, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Port Vincent, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Sonepat, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Brentwood Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1955	Prattville, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 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

1798 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1955. 1955 had 665 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	510
2017	454
2018	914
2019	736
2020	2,051
2021	465
2022	2,173
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	849

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	581
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1