Weather Records on 13 January 1993

2,132 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1993. Highest significance: Sellheim, AU.

Key Facts for 13 January 1993

On 13 January 1993, 2,132 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
643 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 21 were all-time records, 103 monthly and 2,008 daily.
Sellheim set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 13 January 1993.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 13 January 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Garfield	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Shahristanskij Perev	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Claflin	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zapotitlan Palmas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Mountain 4SE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Staplehurst	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gilroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tengchong	China	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Rvr Vly - Orovada 26NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Leonard Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Lake City Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tulelake	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boise Air Terminal	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Manuel	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch Pumping Plt #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,132 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 352, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 291, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 701, Heaviest daily snowfall 288, Deepest snow cover 271.

Records on 13 January 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	352
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	291
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	701
Heaviest daily snowfall	288
Deepest snow cover	271

Records on 13 January 1993 by timescale: all-time 21, monthly 103, daily 2,008.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,788 broken records

Margins by which the 1,788 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1993

Top 20 records on 13 January 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1993	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	91 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1993	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	94 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1993	Orleans 2 W, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1993	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1993	Garfield, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1993	Shahristanskij Perev, TJ	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1993	Viroqua, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1993	Claflin, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	New Hampton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Marinette, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Zapotitlan Palmas (Smn), MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Faribault, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Jordan 1SSW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Battle Mountain 4SE, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Vacaville, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Staplehurst, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Medina, US	all-time snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1993	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1993	Faribault, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	95 years	20 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

1794 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1993. 1993 had 2,132 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	1,670
100 to 200	85
200 to 300	26
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1