Weather Records on 13 May 1969

663 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1969. Highest significance: Brisbane Regional Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 1969

On 13 May 1969, 663 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 638 daily.
Brisbane Regional Office set a daily record precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 13 May 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

663 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Krasno-Armeysk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beerwah Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narangba Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carina Hill Crescent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Innis Plain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beechmont Binna Burra Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inverary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palen Creek Correctional	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

663 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 13 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1969

Top 20 records on 13 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1969	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Wolston Park Hospital, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Sandgate Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Amcor - Petrie Mill, AU	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Bald Hills Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Alderley, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Toombul Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Zillmere Post Office, AU	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Warroo (Geeron), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Krasno-Armeysk, KZ	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1969	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1969	Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1969	Healy, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1969	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1969	Beerwah Forest, AU	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 years	53 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

1794 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 663 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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Data for records on 1969-05-13: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	472
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	24
60 to 80	22
80 to 100	11
100 to 120	2