Weather Records on 15 October 2013

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 2013. Highest significance: Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE.

Key Facts for 15 October 2013

On 15 October 2013, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 617 daily.
Munchen-Nymphenburg set a daily record precipitation of 28.6 mm (1.1 in) on 15 October 2013.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

632 stations

632 station records on 15 October 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oberschleissheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hulett	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrold 12 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Loreto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Singapore Changi Intl	Singapore	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Surprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufbeuren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Constitucion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City 14S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 15 October 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 15 October 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 2013

Top 20 records on 15 October 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 2013	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	118 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2013	Spearfish, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	94 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2013	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 October 2013	Farson 2NNE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Cambridge, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Attenkam, DE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Spearfish, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach, DE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Oberschleissheim, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Emerson, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Napoleon, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Akron, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Ashley, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Bowie, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Hulett, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Oberlin, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Gordon 6N, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	114 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 2013	Miller, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	48 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

1794 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2013. 2013 had 632 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	532
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1