Weather Records on 13 May 2003

695 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2003. Highest significance: Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows), AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 2003

On 13 May 2003, 695 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
365 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 675 daily.
Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows) set a daily record precipitation of 35.4 mm (1.4 in) on 13 May 2003.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

695 stations

695 station records on 13 May 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dovland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ljosland - Monen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Finsland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foldsae	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kilegrend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Angorichina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlers Gap Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suaqui Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Las Truchas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rustefjelbma	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tvingelshed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
King Salmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Circle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rookwood (Hawthorne Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nelaug	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton (Wandearah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Palmito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Slettnes Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

695 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 13 May 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 2003 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2003

Top 20 records on 13 May 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2003	Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows), AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2003	Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2003	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2003	Wien, AT	daily rain	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	111 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Dovland, NO	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Ljosland - Monen, NO	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Tovdal, NO	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Finsland, NO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Manly Vale (Manly Dam), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Foldsae, NO	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Kilegrend, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Blinman (Angorichina), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Nikolaev, UA	daily high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2003	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	43 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2003. 2003 had 695 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 2026-10-13 (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).