Weather Records on 13 May 1958

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1958. Highest significance: Pala, IN.

Key Facts for 13 May 1958

On 13 May 1958, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 622 daily.
Pala set a daily record precipitation of 193.5 mm (7.6 in) on 13 May 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

632 stations

632 station records on 13 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Willanthry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drummartin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baturite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Picola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 622.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1958

Top 20 records on 13 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1958	Pala, IN	daily rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1958	Oenpelli, AU	monthly rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Eureka, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Riddells Creek, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Nilakottai, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Pollock, US	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Hillston (Willanthry), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Ashley, US	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Clarendon, US	all-time rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Romsey, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Mannarghat, IN	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Wishek, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Onida 4 NW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Drummartin, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1958	Wien, AT	daily high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	90 years	38 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

1794 to 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1958. 1958 had 632 records.

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

Records on 05-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1806	1
1811	1
1814	1
1816	1
1820	1
1833	1
1834	1
1842	1
1848	2
1851	1
1859	1
1860	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	4
1882	2
1883	2
1884	1
1885	3
1886	4
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	5
1896	7
1897	6
1898	2
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	6
1903	4
1904	14
1905	16
1906	31
1907	25
1908	26
1909	10
1910	24
1911	22
1912	51
1913	50
1914	118
1915	133
1916	39
1917	91
1918	208
1919	37
1920	34
1921	62
1922	45
1923	140
1924	97
1925	130
1926	101
1927	165
1928	227
1929	145
1930	197
1931	386
1932	268
1933	709
1934	263
1935	319
1936	319
1937	186
1938	443
1939	309
1940	495
1941	662
1942	650
1943	605
1944	369
1945	507
1946	349
1947	299
1948	382
1949	462
1950	331
1951	538
1952	412
1953	1,053
1954	311
1955	502
1956	1,420
1957	481
1958	632
1959	592
1960	1,466
1961	556
1962	978
1963	451
1964	469
1965	266
1966	683
1967	609
1968	975
1969	663
1970	723
1971	843
1972	444
1973	546
1974	1,122
1975	381
1976	549
1977	834
1978	932
1979	633
1980	563
1981	469
1982	953
1983	1,041
1984	1,005
1985	939
1986	776
1987	1,101
1988	876
1989	669
1990	719
1991	1,046
1992	962
1993	950
1994	620
1995	1,883
1996	1,980
1997	1,113
1998	1,402
1999	727
2000	1,197
2001	1,142
2002	1,225
2003	695
2004	1,328
2005	889
2006	777
2007	655
2008	663
2009	690
2010	1,362
2011	715
2012	732
2013	1,051
2014	979
2015	632
2016	385
2017	572
2018	949
2019	524
2020	894
2021	656
2022	1,727
2023	550
2024	488
2025	887
2026	1,027

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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 20	512
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1