Weather Records on 13 May 2023

550 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2023. Highest significance: Springview 2NW, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 2023

On 13 May 2023, 550 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 540 daily.
Springview 2NW set a daily record precipitation of 62.7 mm (2.5 in) on 13 May 2023.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

550 stations

550 station records on 13 May 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Midville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wingate	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen Miller Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record low maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

550 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 256, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 May 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	256
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 May 2023 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2023

Top 20 records on 13 May 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2023	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	109 years	76 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2023	Moffit 3 SE, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	76 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2023	Bison, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2023	Lyons, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	126 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2023	Spearfish, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2023	Glad Valley 2 W, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2023	Mohall, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Fredonia, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Plainview 6 SSW, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Napoleon, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Chiang Mai, TH	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Newell, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Midville Exp STN, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Anselmo 2 WSW, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Hazelton 4NW, US	all-time rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Timber Lake, US	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Upham 3 N, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2023	Wingate, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	47 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2023. 2023 had 550 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 20	386
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1