Weather Records on 13 May 2024

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 May 2024. Highest significance: Moultrie 2 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 13 May 2024

On 13 May 2024, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 475 daily.
Moultrie 2 ESE set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 13 May 2024.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 13 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwell Point Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mobile	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jena	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coleambally Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waimea Valley 892.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont (the Cedars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Esler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McComb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tillabery	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brayton (Longreach)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culburra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vaernes	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hurn	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Windang Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordoyan Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nozovka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mobile Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carnamah	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrengarry (the Old School Ho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hami	China	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oparino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	46.5 C (115.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Quiaca Observato	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vidalia #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 13 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 May 2024

Top 20 records on 13 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 May 2024	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 May 2024	Sobolevo, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Greenwell Point Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Mobile, US	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Magnitogorsk, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Jena, US	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Lufkin #2, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Brogo Dam, AU	daily rain	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Coleambally Irrigation, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Waimea Valley 892.2, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Beaumont (the Cedars), AU	daily rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Brest-Guipavas, FR	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Phitsanulok/Sarit, TH	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Alexandria Esler Fld, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Choshi, JP	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Marianna Muni AP, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Natchez, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	McComb AP, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 May 2024	Tillabery, NE	daily low max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	46 years	42 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2024. 2024 had 488 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	379
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1