Weather Records on 13 October 1964

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1964. Highest significance: Kairi Research Station, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1964

On 13 October 1964, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 505 daily.
Kairi Research Station set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 13 October 1964.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 13 October 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Bananeiras (Caeeb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ubaira (Areia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maddur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 13 October 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1964

Top 20 records on 13 October 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1964	Kairi Research Station, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Musgrave, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Flahult, SE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Serrinha, BR	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Peermade Residen, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Armagh, GB	daily low max	8.6 C (47.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Usina Bananeiras (Caeeb), BR	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Jonkoping, SE	monthly rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Tanakal(Tanakall), IN	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1964	Sandbackshult, SE	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1964	Dunbar Station, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1964	Minsk, BY	daily high min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1964	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1964	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1964	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	31 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

1793 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1964. 1964 had 515 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	1,412
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	421
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1