Weather Records on 13 May 2022

1,727 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2022. Highest significance: Eidsvold Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 13 May 2022

On 13 May 2022, 1,727 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
991 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 1,655 daily.
Eidsvold Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 92.0 mm (3.6 in) on 13 May 2022.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,727 stations

1,727 station records on 13 May 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
White Lake 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Helenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nindigully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Carneys Creek the Ranch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hornet Bank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kolonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wilsons Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.6 mm (7.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Queen Mary Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Garah (Ulinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Maroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moolboolaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Abercorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Homeleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnewin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodenbong (Unumgar St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Urbenville Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bredette	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Essex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maroon Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,727 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 643, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 348, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 537, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 May 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	643
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	348
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	537
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 May 2022 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 70, daily 1,655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,470 broken records

Margins by which the 1,470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2022

Top 20 records on 13 May 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2022	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	127 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 May 2022	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 May 2022	White Lake 1 SE, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Medicine Lake 3 SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Coominya Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	87 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Woleebee Nevasa, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	108 years	69 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Hillview, AU	monthly rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Amberley AMO, AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Tannymorel, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Helenvale, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Nindigully, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Watford City, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Carneys Creek the Ranch, AU	monthly rain	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Hornet Bank Homestead, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Kolonga, AU	monthly rain	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2022	Wilsons Peak, AU	monthly rain	189.6 mm (7.5 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	66 of 100 (Major)

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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2022. 2022 had 1,727 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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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	1,430
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1