Weather Records on 13 May 1995

1,883 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 1995. Highest significance: Cottbus, DE.

Key Facts for 13 May 1995

On 13 May 1995, 1,883 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
701 were record highs and 437 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 23 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 1,787 daily.
Cottbus set a daily record precipitation of 45.8 mm (1.8 in) on 13 May 1995.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,883 stations

1,883 station records on 13 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Glendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tiirikoja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Turi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uberlingen/Bodensee	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wutoschingen-Ofteringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Donner Mem Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leiter 9N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Oder	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paysandu	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,883 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 316, Lowest daily maximum 241, Highest daily minimum 385, Lowest daily minimum 196, Heaviest daily rainfall 645, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 13 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	316
Lowest daily maximum	241
Highest daily minimum	385
Lowest daily minimum	196
Heaviest daily rainfall	645
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 13 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 23, monthly 73, daily 1,787.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,538 broken records

Margins by which the 1,538 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 1995

Top 20 records on 13 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 1995	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Ganmain Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Balasore, IN	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Atchison, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	98 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Emmett, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Glendale, US	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Gunning Rural Supplies, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	106 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	113 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Tiirikoja, EE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Lindenberg, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Downing, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 1995	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	59 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1995. 1995 had 1,883 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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Data for records on 1995-05-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-12 (12 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	1,474
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1