Weather Records on 13 May 1981

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1981. Highest significance: Wales, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 1981

On 13 May 1981, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 461 daily.
Wales set a monthly record daily precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 13 May 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

469 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wales	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Union Village Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Nauheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cumikan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barnsdall	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bergen-Fredriksberg	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Szczecin	Poland	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aroostook	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sola	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 13 May 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 13 May 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1981

Top 20 records on 13 May 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1981	Wales, US	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1981	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Chelsea, US	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Nqadu Heights (Bos), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Union Village Dam, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Bad Nauheim, DE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Burbank, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	La Estanzuela (Eele), UY	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Cezu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Gossweinstein, DE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Mazapa, MX	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Dzaore, RU	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Cumikan, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1981	E Wareham, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	38 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 469 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 2026-10-13 (13 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 50	374
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1