Weather Records on 13 April 1960

286 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1960. Highest significance: Chapleau 2, CA.

Key Facts for 13 April 1960

On 13 April 1960, 286 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 285 daily.
Chapleau 2 set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 13 April 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

286 stations

286 station records on 13 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hankinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay Puntledge Bchp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tororo	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bralorne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Masindi	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bergplaats (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

286 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 13.

Records on 13 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 285.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

231 broken records

Margins by which the 231 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1960

Top 20 records on 13 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1960	Chapleau 2, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Sao Jose Do Belmonte, BR	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Lake Park 3SSE, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Campbell, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Inwood 2 SW, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Hankinson, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Bird City 10S, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Hvar, HR	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Courtenay Puntledge Bchp, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1960	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	35 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1960. 1960 had 286 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 10	176
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1