Weather Records on 13 April 2011

761 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 2011. Highest significance: Petropavlovskij Majak, RU.

Key Facts for 13 April 2011

On 13 April 2011, 761 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
358 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 726 daily.
Petropavlovskij Majak set a daily record precipitation of 50.6 mm (2.0 in) on 13 April 2011.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

761 stations

761 station records on 13 April 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Risdon Vale (Poplar Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sosnovka-1	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Snug Plains (Cataract Falls)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Evandale (Cambock Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Margate (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Orielton (East Orielton Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston (Cemetery Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Tree (Grays Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Copping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Direction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Treatment Plant)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taroona (Taroona Crescent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lucaston (Bakers Creek Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Mile Beach (Royal Hobart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Groznyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tooms Lake (Tooms River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg-Reitzenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pijijiapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Teresa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iskenderun	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

761 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 13 April 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 13 April 2011 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 28, daily 726.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

604 broken records

Margins by which the 604 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 2011

Top 20 records on 13 April 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 2011	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 April 2011	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2011	Middleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2011	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2011	Risdon Vale (Poplar Road), AU	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2011	Chain of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2011	Richmond (Lowlands), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2011	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2011	Orford South, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2011	Sosnovka-1, RU	monthly rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2011	Snug Plains (Cataract Falls), AU	monthly rain	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2011	Evandale (Cambock Lane), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2011	Margate (Sunnyside), AU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2011	Orielton (East Orielton Road), AU	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2011	Geeveston (Cemetery Road), AU	monthly rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2011	Fern Tree (Grays Road), AU	monthly rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2011	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2011	Copping, AU	monthly rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2011	Opossum Bay, AU	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2011	Fort Direction, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	55 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2011. 2011 had 761 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	511
2017	454
2018	913
2019	736
2020	2,050
2021	465
2022	2,172
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	850

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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 20	559
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3