Weather Records on 13 October 1991

807 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1991. Highest significance: Bowgada, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1991

On 13 October 1991, 807 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
481 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 788 daily.
Bowgada set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 13 October 1991.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

807 stations

807 station records on 13 October 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowgada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Daniels Hope	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lokenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kakamas Skl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gannakraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalabasput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boscobel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kroonplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vondelingsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canal Pt USDA	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boca del Salado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bo-Downes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paysandu	Uruguay	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ploegfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

807 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 266, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 October 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	266
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 October 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 788.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

637 broken records

Margins by which the 637 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1991

Top 20 records on 13 October 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1991	Bowgada, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1991	Daniels Hope, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1991	Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn), MX	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Lokenburg, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Yamagata, JP	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Kakamas Skl, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Gannakraal, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Doornplaat, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Dunmurray, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Kalabasput, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Van Staadens (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Alvin, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Wakamatsu, JP	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Boscobel, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Postmasburg, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Bordeaux, ZA	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1991	Kroonplaats, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	39 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

1793 to 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1991. 1991 had 807 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	776

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	594
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1