Weather Records on 20 October 2013

592 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 2013. Highest significance: Illalangi, AU.

Key Facts for 20 October 2013

On 20 October 2013, 592 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 588 daily.
Illalangi set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 20 October 2013.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

592 stations

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

Weather records on 20 October 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Windrush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coomalbidgup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kirkwall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
West Lort River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bora-Bora/Motu-Mute	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lincang	China	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ottertail	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mettler	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Jarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karralea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Archbold Bio STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oldfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
King Khaled Ab	Saudi Arabia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stiege	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Miramar NAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boizenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denbarker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seesen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrett Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

592 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 20 October 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 20 October 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 588.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 2013

Top 20 records on 20 October 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 2013	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2013	Rostov-Na-Donu, RU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2013	Windrush, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Coomalbidgup, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Tamar, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Wellstead, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Kirkwall, GB	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Bartow 1SE, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Petoskey, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	114 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Edmore 4NW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	West Lort River, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Bora-Bora/Motu-Mute, PF	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Albany Airport, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Kalgan River, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Lincang, CN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Ottertail, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Mettler, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Dalyup Park, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2013	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	62 years	40 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

1806 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2013. 2013 had 592 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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 10	439
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1