Weather Records on 13 May 2002

1,225 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2002. Highest significance: Lockwood, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 2002

On 13 May 2002, 1,225 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
534 were record highs and 272 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,187 daily.
Lockwood set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 13 May 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

1,225 stations

1,225 station records on 13 May 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hattula Lepaa-1	Finland	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Muncie	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Changde	China	Record daily precipitation	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Meinrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Springs Agric Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westchester Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bijie	China	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Nsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuajimoloyas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe Lake	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grovespring 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,225 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 194, Highest daily minimum 336, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 415, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 May 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	194
Highest daily minimum	336
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	415
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 May 2002 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 30, daily 1,187.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

976 broken records

Margins by which the 976 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2002

Top 20 records on 13 May 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2002	Lockwood, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Olmsted L&D, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	75 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Hattula Lepaa-1, FI	all-time rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Chester, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Muncie, US	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Linesville 1 S, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2002	Middleboro, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2002	Haleakala Rs 338, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2002	Koloko Rsvr 1137, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2002	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2002	Albion, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2002	Changde, CN	daily rain	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2002	Farmington, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2002	Wappapello Dam, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2002	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	54 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 1,225 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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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 2026-10-14 (14 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 100	975
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1