Weather Records on 13 April 1981

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1981. Highest significance: Rushville, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 1981

On 13 April 1981, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
579 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 848 daily.
Rushville set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 13 April 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

872 stations

872 station records on 13 April 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris River	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Coyote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 386, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 April 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	386
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 April 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 848.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1981

Top 20 records on 13 April 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1981	Rushville, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Lamoni, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	El Salto (Smn), MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Morris River, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Moroleon, MX	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Pinos (Dge), MX	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Presa Coyote, MX	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	0.5 C (32.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	111 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Bayard, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Olathe 3E, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Talbotton, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Lednik Phedchenko (Im. Gorbuno, TJ	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Nashville 1 E, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Everett, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Lawrence, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Wellington, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Trenton, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1981	Princeton, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	81 years	34 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1981. 1981 had 872 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	511
2017	454
2018	913
2019	736
2020	2,050
2021	465
2022	2,172
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	850

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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 10	629
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2