Weather Records on 19 May 2013

841 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 2013. Highest significance: Bowman, US.

Key Facts for 19 May 2013

On 19 May 2013, 841 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
382 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 826 daily.
Bowman set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.4 mm (4.0 in) on 19 May 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

841 stations

841 station records on 19 May 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Driggs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hague	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Perl-Nennig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Schmelz-Huttersdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shields	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manderscheid-Sonnenhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cote D Azur	France	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hinshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weiskirchen/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tholey	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman 6 W Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lick Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Elizabeth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meiningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree 15 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ruppertsecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bismarck	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Casper Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

841 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 250, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 19 May 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	250
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 19 May 2013 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 826.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 2013

Top 20 records on 19 May 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 2013	Bowman, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 May 2013	Driggs, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2013	Cheraw, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2013	Daytona Beach, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2013	Lemmon, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2013	Hague, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2013	Butte 5SE, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Onida 4 NW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Perl-Nennig, DE	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Schmelz-Huttersdorf, DE	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Shields, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Manderscheid-Sonnenhof, DE	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Deuselbach, DE	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Plevna, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Cote D Azur, FR	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2013	Cumming 2N, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	53 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2013. 2013 had 841 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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Data for records on 2013-05-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 200	694
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1