Weather Records on 7 May 2013

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2013. Highest significance: Henderson 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 2013

On 7 May 2013, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 627 daily.
Henderson 2 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 7 May 2013.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 7 May 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brookneal	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luchow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
S Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Craigsville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Covington Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woolwine 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northway AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmore Creek	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xining	China	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville Albemarle AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butner Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 7 May 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 7 May 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 627.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

526 broken records

Margins by which the 526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 2013

Top 20 records on 7 May 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2013	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2013	Buchanan, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	104 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2013	Clarksville, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2013	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2013	Adin Rs, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2013	Brookneal, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	New Castle, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Virginia City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	122 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Lexington, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Altadena, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Chatham, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Luchow, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	S Boston, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Craigsville 2 S, US	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Eagle, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2013	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	45 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

1795 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2013. 2013 had 633 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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 100	515
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1