Weather Records on 13 May 1979

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1979. Highest significance: Dorado 2 WNW, PR.

Key Facts for 13 May 1979

On 13 May 1979, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
255 were record highs and 192 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 601 daily.
Dorado 2 WNW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 210.3 mm (8.3 in) on 13 May 1979.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 13 May 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
North River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Arcanjo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olonesty	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Doctortown 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Brazos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tanhoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Guerrero	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dover Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
U C L A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Telmo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 May 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 May 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 601.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1979

Top 20 records on 13 May 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1979	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	monthly rain	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1979	Kakinada, IN	monthly rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	North River Dam, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Sao Miguel Arcanjo, BR	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Athens, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Bolivar Dam, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Olonesty, MD	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Susendal, NO	monthly rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Sombrerete (Dge), MX	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Doctortown 1 WSW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Bolgrad, UA	all-time rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Banner Elk, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Santa Paula, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1979	Perpignan, FR	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	73 years	36 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 633 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	978
2015	632
2016	385
2017	572
2018	949
2019	524
2020	894
2021	656
2022	1,727
2023	550
2024	488
2025	887
2026	1,026

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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 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	461
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2