Weather Records on 13 May 2018

949 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2018. Highest significance: Eext, NL.

Key Facts for 13 May 2018

On 13 May 2018, 949 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
704 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 929 daily.
Eext set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 13 May 2018.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

949 stations

949 station records on 13 May 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Assen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Schluchtern-Herolz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rollbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Schotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Finsterwolde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonloo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gieterveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Rothenfelde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Emmen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Buinen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grundau-Breitenborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emden-Wolthusen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Veendam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lennestadt-Theten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Papenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Stunzel Berleburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sappemeer	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arnstein-Mudesheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dietenhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grosse Pointe Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Klazienaveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crailsheim-Alexandersreut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iida	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santander/Parayas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

949 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 454, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 250, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 193.

Records on 13 May 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	454
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	250
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 May 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 929.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

766 broken records

Margins by which the 766 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2018

Top 20 records on 13 May 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2018	Eext, NL	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2018	Assen, NL	monthly rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2018	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2018	Schluchtern-Herolz, DE	monthly rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2018	Delta, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2018	Miltenberg, DE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2018	Ter Apel, NL	monthly rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2018	Rollbach, DE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2018	Schotten, DE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Finsterwolde, NL	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Kr. Marburg-Biedenkopf Colbe, DE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Schoonloo, NL	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Gieterveen, NL	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Bad Rothenfelde, DE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Emmen, NL	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Eslohe, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Nieuw Buinen, NL	monthly rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2018	Grundau-Breitenborn, DE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	48 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2018. 2018 had 949 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 2026-10-14 (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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 May 2018
Margin	Records
0 to 10	703
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3