Weather Records on 13 August 1924

168 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1924. Highest significance: Kerkwerve, NL.

Key Facts for 13 August 1924

On 13 August 1924, 168 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 167 daily.
Kerkwerve set a daily record precipitation of 38.0 mm (1.5 in) on 13 August 1924.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

168 stations

168 station records on 13 August 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

168 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 39.

Records on 13 August 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1924 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 167.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

119 broken records

Margins by which the 119 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

13 August 1924

Top 20 records on 13 August 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1924	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1924	Soltau, DE	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1924	Genoa, IT	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	73 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1924	Sydney, CA	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Ulm, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Yazoo City, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Valley Head, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Holly Springs 2 N, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Bee Branch, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Pocahontas 1, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Provincetown 3 NW, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	State UNIV, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Bungowannah Park, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily high max	27.4 C (81.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1924	Owen Sound, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	40 years	19 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1924. 1924 had 168 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	145
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	355
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	653
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	462
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

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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	105
5 to 10	7
10 to 15	0
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	3