Weather Records on 13 May 1982

953 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1982. Highest significance: Ouray, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 1982

On 13 May 1982, 953 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 885 daily.
Ouray set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 13 May 1982.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

953 stations

953 station records on 13 May 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ouray	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Anna	United States	Record daily precipitation	268.2 mm (10.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	330.7 mm (13.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wolfe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	258.1 mm (10.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	330.2 mm (13.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pedro Velho (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gunter 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	280.2 mm (11.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Milha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boswell 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kemchug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Flashman Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coalgate 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 14 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pedrinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Feather Lakes 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Mtn Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bogotol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Feather Lakes 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	52.3 cm (20.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

953 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 425, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 13 May 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	425
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 13 May 1982 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 57, daily 885.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

791 broken records

Margins by which the 791 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1982

Top 20 records on 13 May 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1982	Ouray, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	85 years	79 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Anna, US	all-time rain	268.2 mm (10.6 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	8 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Paris, US	monthly rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Climax, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	McKinney Muni AP, US	monthly rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Trenton, US	all-time rain	330.7 mm (13.0 in)	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	14 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Wolfe City, US	all-time rain	258.1 mm (10.2 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	14 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Telluride 4WNW, US	monthly snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Pilot Point Isl du Boi, US	all-time rain	330.2 mm (13.0 in)	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Pedro Velho (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Gunter 5 S, US	all-time rain	280.2 mm (11.0 in)	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	7 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Milha, BR	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1982	Tabou, CI	monthly high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1982	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1982	Yampa, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1982	Kojnas, RU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1982	Boswell 1 S, US	monthly rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1982	Tisul, RU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	56 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 953 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	720
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	18
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	3