Weather Records on 13 April 1961

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1961. Highest significance: Huntingdon, CA.

Key Facts for 13 April 1961

On 13 April 1961, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 658 daily.
Huntingdon set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 13 April 1961.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

669 stations

669 station records on 13 April 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mogumber	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tootra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar City Powerhouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miraj Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Natal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yardie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manteo	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg North	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 444, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 13 April 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	444
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 13 April 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 658.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

597 broken records

Margins by which the 597 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1961

Top 20 records on 13 April 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1961	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Mogumber, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Carlisle, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Phoenixville 1 E, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Tootra, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Towera, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Cuttening, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	College Park, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Penn Yan, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Cedar City Powerhouse, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Miraj Obsy, IN	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Laurel 3 W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Exmouth Gulf, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Natal, BR	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Huntingdon, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1961	Pemberton, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	44 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1961. 1961 had 669 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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Data for records on 1961-04-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	501
25 to 50	63
50 to 75	24
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1