Weather Records on 13 August 1937

370 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1937. Highest significance: Lexington, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1937

On 13 August 1937, 370 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
184 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 360 daily.
Lexington set a daily record precipitation of 73.9 mm (2.9 in) on 13 August 1937.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

370 stations

370 station records on 13 August 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darsi	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford State Nursery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fanny Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

370 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 162.

Records on 13 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 360.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1937

Top 20 records on 13 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1937	Lexington, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1937	Darsi, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1937	Gosford State Nursery, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1937	Charleston, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1937	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1937	Raquette Lake, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1937	Idaho Springs, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1937	Bedford 2 SE, US	all-time high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1937	Kerkwerve, NL	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Fort St James, CA	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Paragonah, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Fanny Cove, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Hillsdown, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Talladega, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Lakhipur, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1937	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 years	28 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 370 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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Data for records on 1937-08-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	218
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3