Weather Records on 13 April 2017

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 2017. Highest significance: Kindsjon_D, SE.

Key Facts for 13 April 2017

On 13 April 2017, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 448 daily.
Kindsjon_D set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 13 April 2017.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 13 April 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kindsjon_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Davenport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (the Brothers)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fresno Yosemite Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hays	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tahiti-Faaa	French Polynesia	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calero Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pojarkovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gilroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lenorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waikerie (Eremophila Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Christchurch Intl	New Zealand	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bankhead L&D	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Desert Resorts Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dismal Swamp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 April 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 April 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 2017

Top 20 records on 13 April 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 2017	Kindsjon_D, SE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2017	Bradshaw Homestead, AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	107 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2017	Ft Davis, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2017	Davenport, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 April 2017	Annex Creek, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Tatum, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Tipton 4S Mesonet, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Benambra (the Brothers), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Fresno Yosemite Intl, US	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Haines AP, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Hays, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Seminole, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Tahoka, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Lubbock 9N, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Busby, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Homer AP, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 2017	Talkeetna AP, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	40 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2017. 2017 had 454 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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	318
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1