Weather Records on 13 May 2020

894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2020. Highest significance: Blanco, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 2020

On 13 May 2020, 894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 641 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 876 daily.
Blanco set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 13 May 2020.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

894 stations

894 station records on 13 May 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Emeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Holmogory	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vozega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Turcasovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Echo Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eresfjord	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kraft Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

894 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 309, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 332, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 13 May 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	309
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	332
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 13 May 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 876.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

710 broken records

Margins by which the 710 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2020

Top 20 records on 13 May 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2020	Blanco, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2020	Emeck, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2020	Holmogory, RU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Vozega, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Alicia 2 NNE, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Eureka 1E, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Yoakum, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Waldron, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Yates Ctr, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	108 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Turcasovo, RU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Hardy, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	120 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Pierce, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Salem, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	110 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Conway, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Dequeen, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Benton, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Gilbert, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2020	Lake Echo Power Station, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	44 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2020. 2020 had 894 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	979
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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Data for records on 2020-05-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	699
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1