Weather Records on 13 April 2009

760 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 2009. Highest significance: Come By Chance Store, AU.

Key Facts for 13 April 2009

On 13 April 2009, 760 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 738 daily.
Come By Chance Store set a daily record precipitation of 69.0 mm (2.7 in) on 13 April 2009.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

760 stations

760 station records on 13 April 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Come By Chance Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watalgan Winfield Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benmara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brampton Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Airlie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Tiverton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stewart	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elmdale 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moothandella Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Baker Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kennett Radio Kboa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parakou	Benin	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bely Island	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jesup 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa Aero	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley (Northcliffe Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vicente Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

760 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 13 April 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 13 April 2009 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 738.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

592 broken records

Margins by which the 592 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 2009

Top 20 records on 13 April 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 2009	Come By Chance Store, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Zamboanga, PH	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Brunswick, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Watalgan Winfield Rd, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Benmara, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Port Townsend, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Brampton Island Resort, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Baise, CN	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Vinita 2 N, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Airlie, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Armidale (Tiverton), AU	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Wishek, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Blakely Mtn Dam, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2009	Ft Stewart, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	38 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

1798 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2009. 2009 had 760 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	510
2017	454
2018	914
2019	736
2020	2,051
2021	465
2022	2,173
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	849

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	552
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	3