Weather Records on 16 October 2013

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 2013. Highest significance: Eagle Nest, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 2013

On 16 October 2013, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 539 daily.
Eagle Nest set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 16 October 2013.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 16 October 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fushiki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karuizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goldthwaite 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnerdale 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shinjo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chimoio	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeba	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Navarro Mills Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 16 October 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 16 October 2013 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 2013

Top 20 records on 16 October 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 2013	Eagle Nest, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	84 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2013	Shirakawa, JP	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2013	Onahama, JP	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2013	Utsunomiya, JP	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2013	Mito, JP	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2013	Ishinomaki, JP	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2013	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Mutsu, JP	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Spearfish, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	94 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Kofu, JP	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Tsu, JP	daily rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Sonora, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Fushiki, JP	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Luling, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Karuizawa, JP	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Yamagata, JP	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Nagoya, JP	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Chon Buri, TH	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Goldthwaite 1 WSW, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2013	Kawaguchiko, JP	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	26 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

1796 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2013. 2013 had 546 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-10-16: 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 50	437
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1