Weather Records on 18 May 2013

816 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 May 2013. Highest significance: Kizljar, RU.

Key Facts for 18 May 2013

On 18 May 2013, 816 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
494 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 784 daily.
Kizljar set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 18 May 2013.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

816 stations

816 station records on 18 May 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 May 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Perevoz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Demjanskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alyeska	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hightower	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tok	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record snow depth	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alps	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagornyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

816 records

Records set or tied on 18 May 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 264, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 18 May 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	264
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 18 May 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 784.

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 1118.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 May 2013

Top 20 records on 18 May 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 May 2013	Kizljar, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	77 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2013	Eureka, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2013	Grenada, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	83 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2013	Perevoz, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 May 2013	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Talladega, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Teterow, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	124 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Elliott 4 NW, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Johvi, EE	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Demjanskoe, RU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	28.6 C (83.5 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Ashland 3 ENE, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Alyeska, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	27.9 C (82.2 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	128 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Hightower, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 2013	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	46 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

1796 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2013. 2013 had 816 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-18 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1798	1
1802	2
1832	1
1833	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1855	1
1859	1
1861	2
1863	3
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	2
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1891	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	5
1896	2
1897	2
1898	1
1899	1
1900	13
1901	6
1902	9
1903	7
1904	11
1905	2
1906	24
1907	18
1908	5
1909	12
1910	50
1911	64
1912	5
1913	11
1914	45
1915	55
1916	74
1917	30
1918	42
1919	30
1920	26
1921	41
1922	33
1923	61
1924	92
1925	220
1926	133
1927	180
1928	160
1929	193
1930	475
1931	191
1932	460
1933	380
1934	390
1935	400
1936	282
1937	348
1938	382
1939	169
1940	315
1941	334
1942	421
1943	744
1944	496
1945	706
1946	651
1947	231
1948	426
1949	597
1950	473
1951	279
1952	493
1953	393
1954	498
1955	848
1956	795
1957	595
1958	334
1959	435
1960	404
1961	187
1962	1,199
1963	477
1964	329
1965	345
1966	438
1967	410
1968	817
1969	865
1970	703
1971	666
1972	499
1973	1,233
1974	1,097
1975	383
1976	733
1977	1,126
1978	1,090
1979	399
1980	614
1981	1,218
1982	452
1983	1,093
1984	717
1985	498
1986	1,131
1987	823
1988	1,154
1989	721
1990	753
1991	1,218
1992	921
1993	707
1994	1,015
1995	1,849
1996	1,767
1997	1,115
1998	1,060
1999	584
2000	922
2001	898
2002	1,833
2003	1,270
2004	847
2005	630
2006	1,493
2007	1,133
2008	999
2009	1,368
2010	894
2011	1,406
2012	523
2013	816
2014	609
2015	785
2016	597
2017	1,855
2018	557
2019	810
2020	706
2021	418
2022	711
2023	554
2024	551
2025	619
2026	1,131

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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 200	705
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1