Weather Records on 13 January 1975

916 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1975. Highest significance: Smithfield, US.

Key Facts for 13 January 1975

On 13 January 1975, 916 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 911 daily.
Smithfield set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 13 January 1975.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

916 stations

916 station records on 13 January 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pogibi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kuujjuarapik A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nachiki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gallangowan Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbulah Brickley St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woorabinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Raleigh	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Eland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

916 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 361, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 13 January 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 13 January 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 911.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

806 broken records

Margins by which the 806 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1975

Top 20 records on 13 January 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1975	Smithfield, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Dover, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Brooklet 1 W, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Douglas, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Rimini 2 SSW, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	St Andrews, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Pogibi, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Orangeburg 2, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Kuujjuarapik A, CA	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Nachiki, RU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Americus, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Greenwood, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Fenn Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1975	Ruston la Tech, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	78 years	42 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 916 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	721
25 to 50	45
50 to 75	19
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1