Weather Records on 13 April 1969

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1969. Highest significance: Grover 10 W, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 1969

On 13 April 1969, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 317 daily.
Grover 10 W set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 13 April 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

324 stations

324 station records on 13 April 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atchafalaya	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arachu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camocim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kasumkent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kadoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Piacabucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dashauz	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilasuvar	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zjulzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 April 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 April 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 317.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

252 broken records

Margins by which the 252 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1969

Top 20 records on 13 April 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1969	Grover 10 W, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Atchafalaya, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Jennings, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Freeport 2 NW, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Arachu, BR	daily rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Derbent, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Camocim, BR	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Mokakchung, IN	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Amite, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Fazenda Fortaleza, BR	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Louisville, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Eastland, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Long Lake 5 SW, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1969	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1969	Longview, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1969	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1969	Kasumkent, RU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1969	Eugenio Lefevre, BR	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1969	Meruoca, BR	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	30 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

1798 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1969. 1969 had 324 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 20	225
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1