Weather Records on 13 May 2015

632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2015. Highest significance: Shizuoka, JP.

Key Facts for 13 May 2015

On 13 May 2015, 632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 595 daily.
Shizuoka set a daily record precipitation of 138.4 mm (5.4 in) on 13 May 2015.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

632 stations

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

Weather records on 13 May 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mill Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hancock 8SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
La Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boardman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whitman Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mugla	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Sur	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guanajuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rapids Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Wheeler	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huesca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Point Hicks (Lighthouse)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chilpancingo Ro.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Twitchell Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Junction Kimble Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zaragoza	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocksprings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emigrant Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Del Rio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grouse Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trough	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jeju	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siping	China	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Valley Sp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

632 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 13 May 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 13 May 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 595.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

551 broken records

Margins by which the 551 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2015

Top 20 records on 13 May 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2015	Shizuoka, JP	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2015	Mill Creek Dam, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Ft Hancock 8SSE, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	La Grande, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Boardman, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Pilot Rock 1 SE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Whitman Mission, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Paakea 350, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Prosser, US	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Valentine, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Balmorhea, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Mugla, TR	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Milton Freewater, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Ochoa, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Valentine 10 WSW, US	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Devils Garden, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Van Horn, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2015	Menard, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	119 years	42 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

1794 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 632 records.

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

Records on 05-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1806	1
1811	1
1814	1
1816	1
1820	1
1833	1
1834	1
1842	1
1848	2
1851	1
1859	1
1860	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	4
1882	2
1883	2
1884	1
1885	3
1886	4
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	5
1896	7
1897	6
1898	2
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	6
1903	4
1904	14
1905	16
1906	31
1907	25
1908	26
1909	10
1910	24
1911	22
1912	51
1913	50
1914	118
1915	133
1916	39
1917	91
1918	208
1919	37
1920	34
1921	62
1922	45
1923	140
1924	97
1925	130
1926	101
1927	165
1928	227
1929	145
1930	197
1931	386
1932	268
1933	709
1934	263
1935	319
1936	319
1937	186
1938	443
1939	309
1940	495
1941	662
1942	650
1943	605
1944	369
1945	507
1946	349
1947	299
1948	382
1949	462
1950	331
1951	538
1952	412
1953	1,053
1954	311
1955	502
1956	1,420
1957	481
1958	632
1959	592
1960	1,466
1961	556
1962	978
1963	451
1964	469
1965	266
1966	683
1967	609
1968	975
1969	663
1970	723
1971	843
1972	444
1973	546
1974	1,122
1975	381
1976	549
1977	834
1978	932
1979	633
1980	563
1981	469
1982	953
1983	1,041
1984	1,005
1985	939
1986	776
1987	1,101
1988	876
1989	669
1990	719
1991	1,046
1992	962
1993	950
1994	620
1995	1,883
1996	1,980
1997	1,113
1998	1,402
1999	727
2000	1,197
2001	1,142
2002	1,225
2003	695
2004	1,328
2005	889
2006	777
2007	655
2008	663
2009	690
2010	1,362
2011	715
2012	732
2013	1,051
2014	978
2015	632
2016	385
2017	572
2018	949
2019	524
2020	894
2021	656
2022	1,727
2023	550
2024	488
2025	887
2026	1,026

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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	547
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1