Weather Records on 13 August 1957

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1957. Highest significance: Venukonda, IN.

Key Facts for 13 August 1957

On 13 August 1957, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 419 daily.
Venukonda set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 13 August 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 13 August 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belathal	India	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Florence at Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chechat	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pailani	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yambuk (Avalon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Susner	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Onaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bijanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ghansore	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ukmerge	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gannavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 13 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 7, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

332 broken records

Margins by which the 332 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1957

Top 20 records on 13 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1957	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1957	Conway, US	monthly rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1957	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Larimore 4SW, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Marshall, US	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Dardanelle, US	all-time rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Sandila, IN	monthly rain	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Perryville, US	all-time rain	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Subiaco, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Russellville, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	New London, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Zumbrota, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Kempten, DE	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Podili(Podile), IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Hvar, HR	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1957	Soro, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	19 years	44 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 432 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 1957-08-13: 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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	257
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2