Weather Records on 13 August 1947

685 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1947. Highest significance: Dhond, IN.

Key Facts for 13 August 1947

On 13 August 1947, 685 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
391 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 668 daily.
Dhond set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 13 August 1947.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

685 stations

685 station records on 13 August 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Algonquin Park	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atrauli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Young	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chacon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadra	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atru	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

685 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 13 August 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1947 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 12, daily 668.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1947

Top 20 records on 13 August 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1947	Dhond, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Vita (Khanapur), IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Malsiras, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Yarrabubba, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Mirajgaon, IN	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Crosby, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Kulattur, IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	State UNIV, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Annavasal, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Shiggaon, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Konni, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Simcoe, CA	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Mehgaon, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Hilliard, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Americus, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Algonquin Park, CA	all-time high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1947	Shrigonda, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	36 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 685 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 20	480
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1