Weather Records on 13 October 1997

1,790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1997. Highest significance: Ai-Petri, UA.

Key Facts for 13 October 1997

On 13 October 1997, 1,790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
524 were record highs and 376 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 1,728 daily.
Ai-Petri set a daily record precipitation of 92.5 mm (3.6 in) on 13 October 1997.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,790 stations

1,790 station records on 13 October 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Quito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waubay Natl Wild Life	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eenrum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Titonka	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Blanco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Coco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guayabal	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,790 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 390, Lowest daily minimum 198, Heaviest daily rainfall 787, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 13 October 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	390
Lowest daily minimum	198
Heaviest daily rainfall	787
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 13 October 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 59, daily 1,728.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,462 broken records

Margins by which the 1,462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1997

Top 20 records on 13 October 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1997	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Madison, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Loup City, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Independence #1, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	106 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Yalta, UA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Chariton 1 E, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Gilman, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Algona, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Fremont, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1997	Quito, MX	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1997	Toledo 3N, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1997	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1997	Pella 1S, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1997	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1997	Britt 3E, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	57 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 1,790 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	1,412
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760

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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 20	1,225
20 to 40	178
40 to 60	40
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	5