Weather Records on 21 December 2013

1,029 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 December 2013. Highest significance: 1 WSW Princeton, US.

Key Facts for 21 December 2013

On 21 December 2013, 1,029 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
559 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 1,001 daily.
1 WSW Princeton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 21 December 2013.
Across 158 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

1,029 stations

1,029 station records on 21 December 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 December 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Elyria 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Calhoun 4ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beedeville 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson State Police	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malden Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pitchfork Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Truscott 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hartline	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Worth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,029 records

Records set or tied on 21 December 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 261, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 355, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 21 December 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	261
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 21 December 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 1,001.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

874 broken records

Margins by which the 874 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 December 2013

Top 20 records on 21 December 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 December 2013	1 WSW Princeton, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 December 2013	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 December 2013	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2013	Jayton, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	103 years	76 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2013	Findlay Wpcc, US	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2013	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2013	Pandora, US	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2013	Elyria 3 E, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2013	Greenfield, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2013	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 December 2013	Calhoun 4ENE, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2013	Evansville Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2013	Doniphan, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2013	Spur, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2013	Des Arc, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2013	Rison, US	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2013	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2013	Findlay AP, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2013	Beedeville 4 NE, US	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 December 2013	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	55 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 1,029 records.

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

Records on 12-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1799	1
1801	2
1808	3
1825	1
1828	1
1839	1
1846	1
1850	1
1855	7
1859	1
1860	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	4
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1900	8
1901	15
1902	5
1903	25
1904	3
1905	15
1906	15
1907	17
1908	19
1909	20
1910	29
1911	36
1912	23
1913	11
1914	107
1915	43
1916	40
1917	18
1918	41
1919	57
1920	30
1921	104
1922	34
1923	323
1924	377
1925	120
1926	178
1927	147
1928	70
1929	156
1930	66
1931	556
1932	150
1933	581
1934	230
1935	398
1936	323
1937	189
1938	145
1939	140
1940	622
1941	651
1942	968
1943	148
1944	762
1945	396
1946	495
1947	700
1948	297
1949	1,281
1950	504
1951	1,061
1952	197
1953	256
1954	444
1955	888
1956	672
1957	846
1958	516
1959	272
1960	585
1961	254
1962	563
1963	1,137
1964	613
1965	247
1966	400
1967	1,923
1968	818
1969	828
1970	547
1971	680
1972	651
1973	1,292
1974	374
1975	548
1976	446
1977	470
1978	517
1979	558
1980	726
1981	1,476
1982	702
1983	3,324
1984	1,012
1985	979
1986	404
1987	775
1988	717
1989	3,203
1990	2,701
1991	1,125
1992	751
1993	967
1994	793
1995	878
1996	1,114
1997	810
1998	1,142
1999	851
2000	944
2001	650
2002	579
2003	1,103
2004	675
2005	606
2006	1,443
2007	946
2008	1,062
2009	1,097
2010	2,039
2011	653
2012	759
2013	1,029
2014	878
2015	1,173
2016	543
2017	459
2018	742
2019	755
2020	965
2021	323
2022	528
2023	1,170
2024	778
2025	1,099

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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 2026-10-14 (14 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 50	842
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1