Weather Records on 13 July 1955

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1955. Highest significance: Hatfield (Benilkie), AU.

Key Facts for 13 July 1955

On 13 July 1955, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 368 daily.
Hatfield (Benilkie) set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 13 July 1955.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

378 stations

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

Weather records on 13 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nullawil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mologa Fine View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wapashoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fernihurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Noccundra Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thylungra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dingwall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Louriya	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vieta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Kaluga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 259.

Records on 13 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

316 broken records

Margins by which the 316 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1955

Top 20 records on 13 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1955	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1955	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1955	Nullawil, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1955	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1955	Gage, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Mologa Fine View, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Windorah Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Gerang Gerung, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Wapashoe, CA	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Angleton 2 W, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Tarnagulla, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Hay (Illilawa), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Caniambo, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1955	Fernihurst, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	43 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 378 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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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	219
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1