Weather Records on 17 August 1913

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 1913. Highest significance: Gorlitz, DE.

Key Facts for 17 August 1913

On 17 August 1913, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 77 daily.
Gorlitz set a daily record precipitation of 29.6 mm (1.2 in) on 17 August 1913.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 17 August 1913 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 August 1913: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eversleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 1913 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 21.

Records on 17 August 1913 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 1913 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 77.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

65 broken records

Margins by which the 65 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 27.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 1913

Top 20 records on 17 August 1913 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 1913	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Toronto, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Vinga, SE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Dubuque River, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Galway, IE	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Toronto, CA	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Port Arthur, CA	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Hamilton, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Walcha Post Office, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Port Stanley, CA	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 August 1913	Peterborough, CA	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	18 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

1797 to 1913

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1913. 1913 had 79 records.

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

Records on 08-17 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1802	2
1820	2
1837	1
1838	2
1841	2
1842	1
1845	2
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	5
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	14
1902	7
1903	6
1904	2
1905	11
1906	28
1907	9
1908	26
1909	24
1910	17
1911	18
1912	31
1913	79
1914	41
1915	28
1916	33
1917	35
1918	112
1919	37
1920	110
1921	37
1922	169
1923	161
1924	171
1925	130
1926	182
1927	228
1928	131
1929	243
1930	138
1931	302
1932	360
1933	260
1934	377
1935	437
1936	670
1937	726
1938	466
1939	364
1940	341
1941	378
1942	461
1943	743
1944	531
1945	387
1946	433
1947	682
1948	475
1949	371
1950	522
1951	413
1952	470
1953	345
1954	685
1955	465
1956	407
1957	504
1958	519
1959	543
1960	533
1961	998
1962	445
1963	650
1964	410
1965	641
1966	496
1967	679
1968	953
1969	593
1970	467
1971	447
1972	1,044
1973	750
1974	582
1975	612
1976	797
1977	1,216
1978	814
1979	1,464
1980	895
1981	1,112
1982	554
1983	1,574
1984	726
1985	948
1986	916
1987	1,150
1988	1,608
1989	687
1990	949
1991	560
1992	1,813
1993	803
1994	1,038
1995	1,724
1996	752
1997	1,544
1998	1,003
1999	697
2000	994
2001	1,101
2002	1,266
2003	948
2004	1,046
2005	722
2006	814
2007	1,646
2008	1,301
2009	922
2010	1,105
2011	956
2012	1,215
2013	802
2014	997
2015	890
2016	748
2017	544
2018	518
2019	467
2020	1,529
2021	800
2022	1,428
2023	1,032
2024	740
2025	538
2026	535

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	55
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1