Weather Records on 21 October 2013

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 2013. Highest significance: A Coruna, ES.

Key Facts for 21 October 2013

On 21 October 2013, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
260 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 425 daily.
A Coruna set a daily record precipitation of 61.9 mm (2.4 in) on 21 October 2013.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 21 October 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zheleznodorozhnyj	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Second Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Botanisk Have	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wister 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Astara	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo Obsy	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Penang	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Strathgordon Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yasawa-I-Rara	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oschatz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonshall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antsiranana	Madagascar	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tegjultja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gardelegen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quedlinburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trostberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berge	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Campo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baltijsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Antofagasta	Chile	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laucala Bay	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nouadhibou	Mauritania	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 21 October 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 21 October 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 425.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 2013

Top 20 records on 21 October 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 2013	A Coruna, ES	daily rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 October 2013	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	126 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Lorinna, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	E Jordan, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Zheleznodorozhnyj, BY	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Buxton, GB	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Wien, AT	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	155 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Bartow 1SE, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Putbus, DE	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Daytona Beach, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Second Beach, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Parnu, EE	daily low min	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	118 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Koebenhavn: Botanisk Have, DK	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Bollerup, SE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Wister 3S, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Astara, AZ	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Sarajevo, BA	daily high max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 2013	Eureka WFO Woodley Is, US	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	64 years	37 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

1795 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2013. 2013 had 440 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	344
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1