Weather Records on 12 August 1913

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1913. Highest significance: Riversdale, ZA.

Key Facts for 12 August 1913

On 12 August 1913, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 38 daily.
Riversdale set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 12 August 1913.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 12 August 1913 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1913: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1913 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 15.

Records on 12 August 1913 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	15
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1913 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

30 broken records

Margins by which the 30 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1913

Top 20 records on 12 August 1913 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1913	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1913	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1913	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1913	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	St John's, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Southampton, CA	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Charlottetown, CA	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	18 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Washington, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	18 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	22.9 C (73.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	19 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Jonkoping, SE	daily low max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Skara 1, SE	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	12 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
12 August 1913	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)

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 1913

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1913. 1913 had 39 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 12 August 1913
Margin	Records
0 to 10	23
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1