Weather Records on 13 October 1959

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1959. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 13 October 1959

On 13 October 1959, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 528 daily.
Bottineau set a daily record snow depth of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 13 October 1959.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

536 stations

536 station records on 13 October 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dhandhuka	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Khambha	India	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hardua Marar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jafrabad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Navsari	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morehouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Guatapara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 13 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 13 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1959

Top 20 records on 13 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1959	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1959	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1959	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Dhandhuka, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Ranpur, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Khambha, IN	monthly rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Houston, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Gondal, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Ilav, IN	monthly rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Olpad, IN	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Surat, IN	daily rain	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Sedan, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Hardua Marar, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Independence, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Morris, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Bangarpet, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Kamsack, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1959	Dahanu, IN	monthly rain	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	40 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

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 536 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	776

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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	424
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1