Weather Records on 13 October 2009

1,777 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 2009. Highest significance: Big Sur STN, US.

Key Facts for 13 October 2009

On 13 October 2009, 1,777 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
421 were record highs and 788 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 1,716 daily.
Big Sur STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 155.4 mm (6.1 in) on 13 October 2009.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

1,777 stations

1,777 station records on 13 October 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hollister 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland Museum	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ebbetts Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Parawa (Sharon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Panoche 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	218.7 mm (8.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hagan's Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside Fire STN 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Smith 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Independence Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marlette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Heavenly Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Independence Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khmelnytskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lobdell Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caransebes	Romania	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ocna Sugatag	Romania	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Callahan	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lysa Hora	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,777 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 205, Lowest daily maximum 617, Highest daily minimum 216, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 411, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 13 October 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	205
Lowest daily maximum	617
Highest daily minimum	216
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	411
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 13 October 2009 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 61, daily 1,716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,384 broken records

Margins by which the 1,384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 2009

Top 20 records on 13 October 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 2009	Big Sur STN, US	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	64 years	78 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Monterey, US	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	101 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Waskish 4NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	86 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Newberry, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	115 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Berkeley, US	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	San Rafael-Civic Ctr, US	monthly rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Hollister 2, US	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Lima, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Arad, RO	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Mt Shasta, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 October 2009	Cluj Napoca, RO	monthly rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2009	Auberry 2 NW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2009	Oakland Museum, US	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2009	Grand Meadow, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	112 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2009	Stockton Fire STN 4, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2009	Ebbetts Pass, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2009	Parawa (Sharon), AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2009	Panoche 2 W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 2009	Turlock #2, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	112 years	56 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2009. 2009 had 1,777 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 50	1,339
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1