Weather Records on 13 May 2016

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2016. Highest significance: Montabaur, DE.

Key Facts for 13 May 2016

On 13 May 2016, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 368 daily.
Montabaur set a daily record precipitation of 26.8 mm (1.1 in) on 13 May 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 13 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montabaur	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Degerfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Main-Westend	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ludvika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
M'Puoya	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirsanov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilpancingo Ro.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ambodedjo	Mali	Record high minimum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pekoa Airport (Sant	Vanuatu	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stalldalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wainwright AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ocracoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aparri	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ziguinchor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shenyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 13 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 13 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2016

Top 20 records on 13 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2016	Montabaur, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	E Glacier, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Degerfors, SE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Astrakan, RU	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Frankfurt/Main-Westend, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Ludvika, SE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	M'Puoya, CG	daily low min	17.5 C (63.5 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Kirsanov, RU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	De Soto, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Bynum 4 SSE, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Danevang 1 W, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Barrow AP, US	daily high max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Tanana AP, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Ajan, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Surat Thani, TH	daily high max	41.0 C (105.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	McColl 3 NNW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Annex Creek, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2016	Rosenheim, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	35 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 385 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	1,027

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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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	305
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1