Weather Records on 13 April 2015

607 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 2015. Highest significance: Desoto City 8 SW, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 2015

On 13 April 2015, 607 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
328 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 589 daily.
Desoto City 8 SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 180.1 mm (7.1 in) on 13 April 2015.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

607 stations

607 station records on 13 April 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Jagdalpur	India	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond State Police	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talljarv_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhopal/Bairagarh	India	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maradi	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fanshawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sosnovo-Ozerskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cakir	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shamrock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Worth NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurangabad Chikalth	India	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Romanovka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gwalior	India	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearmont 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jabalpur	India	Record low maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

607 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 13 April 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 13 April 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 589.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

519 broken records

Margins by which the 519 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 2015

Top 20 records on 13 April 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 2015	Desoto City 8 SW, US	monthly rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2015	Jagdalpur, IN	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Elk, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Hazlehurst, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Sayre, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Memphis, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Richmond State Police, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Silverton, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Prachuap Khiri Khan, TH	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	La Pryor, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Begumpet Obsy, IN	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Fairmont, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Kisinev, MD	daily high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Batesburg, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Talljarv_D, SE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Odesa, UA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Valdosta 2 S, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2015	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	93 years	39 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

1798 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2015. 2015 had 607 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	511
2017	454
2018	913
2019	736
2020	2,050
2021	465
2022	2,172
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	850

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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 20	495
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1