Weather Records on 13 May 1965

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1965. Highest significance: Hiawatha, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 1965

On 13 May 1965, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 260 daily.
Hiawatha set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 13 May 1965.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 13 May 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Capulin 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Obar	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winters 9 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reriutaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	735.0 cm (289.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 May 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 May 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

211 broken records

Margins by which the 211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1965

Top 20 records on 13 May 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1965	Hiawatha, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Capulin 6 SSE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Castle Dale, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Oxford, GB	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Hiawatha, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Mancos 1SW, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Valmora, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Bright Angel Rs, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Ragland 3 SSW, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Buxton, GB	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Des Moines, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	San Jon, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Obar, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Eastland, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Manati 2 E, PR	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Winters 9 NNE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1965	Inukjuak Ua, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 May 1965	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	32 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

1794 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1965. 1965 had 266 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 500	210
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1