Weather Records on 17 October 2013

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 2013. Highest significance: Benghazi Benina, LY.

Key Facts for 17 October 2013

On 17 October 2013, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 503 daily.
Benghazi Benina set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 17 October 2013.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 17 October 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Benghazi Benina	Libya	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Twr #2	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matei Airfield	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Twr #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sysma Joutsjarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minchumina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerhaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Almeria/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tumacacori Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jubilejnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 17 October 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 17 October 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

442 broken records

Margins by which the 442 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 2013

Top 20 records on 17 October 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 2013	Benghazi Benina, LY	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2013	Spearfish, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	94 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Lake Margaret Power Station, AU	daily rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Abashiri, JP	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Hoxie, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	114 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Yarrie, AU	monthly rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Ozernaja, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Mount Hart Station, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	McGrath AP, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	113 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Devils Twr #2, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	New Braunfels, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Tanana AP, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Ellendale Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Brenham, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Paris, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Loei, TH	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2013	Bronte Heights, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	41 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

1793 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2013. 2013 had 516 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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 20	420
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1