Weather Records on 13 August 1971

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1971. Highest significance: Hondo, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1971

On 13 August 1971, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 425 daily.
Hondo set a daily record precipitation of 112.8 mm (4.4 in) on 13 August 1971.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

431 stations

431 station records on 13 August 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Unskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Raznavolok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tohatchi 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cornudas Svc STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sells	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lajeado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loxahatchee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Armavir	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 August 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 425.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1971

Top 20 records on 13 August 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1971	Hondo, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1971	Gulkana AP, US	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Casa Grande, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Jimenez (Smn), MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Unskij Majak, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Raznavolok, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Armagh, GB	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Sloan, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Gore Bay, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Francisco I. Madero, MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Atoka, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Lakeside Rs, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Sabinal, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Cengcane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Brackettville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1971	Tohatchi 1 ESE, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1971	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	34 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 431 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	146
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	356
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	652
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	461
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	283
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1