Weather Records on 13 April 1956

294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1956. Highest significance: Langdon Exp Farm, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 1956

On 13 April 1956, 294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 285 daily.
Langdon Exp Farm set a daily record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 13 April 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

294 stations

294 station records on 13 April 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arroyo Seco Rng STN Fc	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Baldy Fc 85 F	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Cn Mouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonita	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lytle Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Table Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

294 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 13 April 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 13 April 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 285.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1956

Top 20 records on 13 April 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1956	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Long Beach Pub Svc, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Karkaralinsk, KZ	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Corona, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Arroyo Seco Rng STN Fc, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Fairmont, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Saugus Pwr Plt 1, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1956	Elsinore, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1956	Redlands, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1956	Santa Paula, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1956	Barharwa, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1956	Camp Baldy Fc 85 F, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1956	Haiwee, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1956	Lodi, US	monthly low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1956	San Antonio Cn Mouth, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1956	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 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

1798 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1956. 1956 had 294 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	246
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2