Weather Records on 13 July 1966

649 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1966. Highest significance: Bowman, US.

Key Facts for 13 July 1966

On 13 July 1966, 649 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
339 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 631 daily.
Bowman set an all-time record daily precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 13 July 1966.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

649 stations

649 station records on 13 July 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alhandra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sarlyk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Birsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Platteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Citronelle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

649 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 212.

Records on 13 July 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1966 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 12, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1966

Top 20 records on 13 July 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1966	Bowman, US	all-time rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1966	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1966	Toledo Blade, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1966	Clear Lake, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1966	Hettinger, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Diablo Dam, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Redfield, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Sandusky, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Ashton, US	all-time rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Zlatoust, RU	daily rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Verkhneuralsk, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Alhandra, BR	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Beauceville, CA	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	McAdam, CA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Almaty, KZ	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Sarlyk, RU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1966	Castlewood, US	all-time rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	45 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

1795 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1966. 1966 had 649 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	707
2026	1,124

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Data for records on 1966-07-13: 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 2026-10-14 (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	435
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1