Weather Records on 13 August 1949

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1949. Highest significance: Lynch, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1949

On 13 August 1949, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 406 daily.
Lynch set a daily record precipitation of 73.2 mm (2.9 in) on 13 August 1949.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 13 August 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	200.2 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 144.

Records on 13 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 406.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 154.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1949

Top 20 records on 13 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1949	Lynch, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Cumbam, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Parkston 8 ENE, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Brahmapuri, IN	daily rain	200.2 mm (7.9 in)	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Gadhchiroli, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Kunghari, IN	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Geneva, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Nawarangpur, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Ocala, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Husum, DE	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Khairee, IN	all-time rain	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Dhamtari, IN	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Kazalinsk, KZ	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Jemez Springs, US	all-time high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Wappingers Falls, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Asola, IN	daily rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1949	Armour, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1949	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1949	Purcellville, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	33 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 420 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	294
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1