Weather Records on 12 August 2013

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 2013. Highest significance: Wichita Mtn Wr, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 2013

On 12 August 2013, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 419 daily.
Wichita Mtn Wr set a daily record precipitation of 66.3 mm (2.6 in) on 12 August 2013.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

427 stations

427 station records on 12 August 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Skjenaldfossen I Orkdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zimnegorskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leinstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hitra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khudjand	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Willow Run AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pjalica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zhangwu	China	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galtjarn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wheeler	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnye Baki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mangut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovskij Zav	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hailun	China	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Romanovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hodgenville Lincoln P	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milanville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scandia	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barter Island WSO AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willow	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asosan	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanevka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 186.

Records on 12 August 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 2013

Top 20 records on 12 August 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 2013	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2013	Luna Rs, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2013	Skjenaldfossen I Orkdal, NO	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 August 2013	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Northfield, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Zimnegorskij Majak, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Gull Lake Biological STN, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	S Haven, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Lyons, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Kalaupapa 563, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Dodge City, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Purvis 2N, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Malta 7 E, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Waiahole 837, US	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	134.7 mm (5.3 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Leinstrand, NO	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Searcy, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 2013	Detroit Metro AP, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 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

1793 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2013. 2013 had 427 records.

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

Records on 08-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	2
1814	1
1815	1
1825	1
1843	1
1851	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	1
1899	10
1900	1
1901	5
1902	9
1903	14
1904	13
1905	16
1906	8
1907	8
1908	31
1909	42
1910	16
1911	33
1912	40
1913	39
1914	26
1915	46
1916	31
1917	134
1918	37
1919	42
1920	26
1921	174
1922	71
1923	89
1924	267
1925	150
1926	154
1927	145
1928	173
1929	276
1930	501
1931	708
1932	418
1933	271
1934	471
1935	408
1936	591
1937	356
1938	237
1939	282
1940	545
1941	481
1942	257
1943	523
1944	595
1945	295
1946	655
1947	729
1948	384
1949	469
1950	442
1951	357
1952	533
1953	227
1954	969
1955	590
1956	265
1957	384
1958	406
1959	388
1960	707
1961	381
1962	466
1963	559
1964	1,346
1965	977
1966	777
1967	1,135
1968	444
1969	629
1970	422
1971	486
1972	473
1973	442
1974	560
1975	593
1976	495
1977	747
1978	571
1979	1,192
1980	692
1981	665
1982	789
1983	923
1984	665
1985	935
1986	615
1987	935
1988	1,518
1989	827
1990	727
1991	726
1992	1,134
1993	936
1994	861
1995	1,654
1996	1,336
1997	1,363
1998	1,215
1999	1,325
2000	741
2001	855
2002	1,345
2003	1,752
2004	1,872
2005	1,085
2006	874
2007	1,209
2008	970
2009	814
2010	1,907
2011	903
2012	910
2013	427
2014	787
2015	757
2016	1,290
2017	533
2018	571
2019	695
2020	730
2021	980
2022	616
2023	779
2024	659
2025	639
2026	849

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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	321
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1