Weather Records on 13 May 1983

1,041 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1983. Highest significance: Cooktown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 1983

On 13 May 1983, 1,041 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 312 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,013 daily.
Cooktown Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 93.2 mm (3.7 in) on 13 May 1983.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,041 stations

1,041 station records on 13 May 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brakkies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Semans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.1 cm (12.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riversul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hope Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaiba (Capoeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ubatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sarutaia (US.Boa Vista-Clfsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olifantshoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Semans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Polo	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda da Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vrouenspan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flamengo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dois Corregos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sodrelia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,041 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 166, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 378, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 80.

Records on 13 May 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	166
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	378
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	80

Records on 13 May 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 24, daily 1,013.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

882 broken records

Margins by which the 882 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 585.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1983

Top 20 records on 13 May 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1983	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1983	Ralston, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Prince Albert Road (Sar), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Brakkies, ZA	all-time rain	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Semans, CA	monthly snowfall	31.1 cm (12.2 in)	18.4 cm (7.2 in)	17 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Barra Mansa, BR	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Albertinia (Pol), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Riversul, BR	daily rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Abilene, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Mount Olive, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Peoria, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Sidney, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Hope Vale, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Enid, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Aracaiba (Capoeiras), BR	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 1983	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 years	44 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1983. 1983 had 1,041 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	979
2015	632
2016	385
2017	572
2018	949
2019	524
2020	894
2021	656
2022	1,727
2023	550
2024	488
2025	887
2026	1,027

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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 100	839
100 to 200	33
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1