Weather Records on 20 May 2013

919 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 2013. Highest significance: Anna Plains, AU.

Key Facts for 20 May 2013

On 20 May 2013, 919 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
400 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 900 daily.
Anna Plains set a monthly record daily precipitation of 144.2 mm (5.7 in) on 20 May 2013.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

919 stations

919 station records on 20 May 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Boskoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhill Rsch - Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weesp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Terneuzen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ponyri	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nanda Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Utena	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oud Alblas	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City 14S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enkhuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Helvoet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

919 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 317, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 358, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 20 May 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	317
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 20 May 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 900.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

761 broken records

Margins by which the 761 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

20 May 2013

Top 20 records on 20 May 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 2013	Anna Plains, AU	monthly rain	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	62 years	78 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2013	Cando 1E, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2013	Winner, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2013	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2013	Boskoop, NL	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2013	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	107 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2013	Mondovi, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2013	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	109.8 mm (4.3 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 May 2013	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	103 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Grand Meadow, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	111 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Osage, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Stanley Wwtp, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Amsterdam, NL	monthly rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Greenfield, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	New Salem 5NW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 2013	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	54 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

1802 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2013. 2013 had 919 records.

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

Records on 05-20 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	1
1804	1
1815	1
1825	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1871	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	3
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	19
1904	4
1905	4
1906	22
1907	35
1908	23
1909	10
1910	20
1911	82
1912	20
1913	10
1914	16
1915	42
1916	29
1917	46
1918	92
1919	56
1920	44
1921	234
1922	40
1923	125
1924	189
1925	251
1926	128
1927	118
1928	138
1929	323
1930	129
1931	451
1932	689
1933	449
1934	582
1935	259
1936	207
1937	270
1938	331
1939	266
1940	337
1941	378
1942	337
1943	802
1944	315
1945	498
1946	339
1947	358
1948	514
1949	586
1950	327
1951	288
1952	615
1953	518
1954	822
1955	421
1956	565
1957	728
1958	378
1959	785
1960	612
1961	333
1962	773
1963	732
1964	517
1965	200
1966	416
1967	587
1968	743
1969	885
1970	310
1971	653
1972	612
1973	419
1974	893
1975	1,332
1976	837
1977	553
1978	534
1979	683
1980	751
1981	1,540
1982	554
1983	1,307
1984	867
1985	426
1986	790
1987	1,036
1988	805
1989	764
1990	722
1991	925
1992	1,200
1993	1,208
1994	778
1995	734
1996	1,749
1997	1,106
1998	1,124
1999	673
2000	991
2001	847
2002	2,299
2003	1,201
2004	746
2005	929
2006	1,006
2007	565
2008	999
2009	1,529
2010	1,011
2011	1,117
2012	604
2013	919
2014	629
2015	1,001
2016	692
2017	1,214
2018	460
2019	1,483
2020	784
2021	904
2022	1,643
2023	1,106
2024	478
2025	969
2026	696

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-05-20: 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	756
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1