Weather Records on 13 May 2005

889 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2005. Highest significance: Houston, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 2005

On 13 May 2005, 889 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 349 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 868 daily.
Houston set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 13 May 2005.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

889 stations

889 station records on 13 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elmo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valujki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burdick (Diamond Springs)	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Cygne 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Utena	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yoweragabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White City	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muggon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lyntupy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Matfield Green	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Birzai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bushong 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

889 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 13 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 13 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 868.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

702 broken records

Margins by which the 702 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2005

Top 20 records on 13 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2005	Houston, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	100 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2005	Herington, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2005	Oregon, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2005	Turkey, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2005	McPherson, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2005	Elmo 1 SW, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Valujki, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Burdick (Diamond Springs), US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Centralia, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Mc Farland, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Syracuse, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Greensburg, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Marion Rsvr, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	La Cygne 4ESE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Plainview, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Utena, LT	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2005	Perry, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	52 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2005. 2005 had 889 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	697
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1