Weather Records on 13 October 1999

696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1999. Highest significance: Coulta, AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1999

On 13 October 1999, 696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 677 daily.
Coulta set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 13 October 1999.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

696 stations

696 station records on 13 October 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Siam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cavenagh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Todmorden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Polda (Gum View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Padun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Ninamanima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Allandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elyria 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terrah Winds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anapa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murdinga (Mungala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isla Aguada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wharminda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Tinaja	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leusi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

696 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 238, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 13 October 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	238
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1999 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 677.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1999

Top 20 records on 13 October 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1999	Coulta, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 October 1999	Eucla, AU	monthly rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	79 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1999	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1999	Elliston, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1999	Yeelanna, AU	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1999	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1999	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1999	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1999	Siam, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1999	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Mount Hope (Fairview), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Mount Cavenagh, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Todmorden, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Hamilton Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Polda (Gum View), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1999	Padun, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	48 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 696 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 10	454
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1