Weather Records on 13 August 1972

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1972. Highest significance: Gridino, RU.

Key Facts for 13 August 1972

On 13 August 1972, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 466 daily.
Gridino set an all-time record daily precipitation of 53.7 mm (2.1 in) on 13 August 1972.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

485 stations

485 station records on 13 August 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gridino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ukhta Kalevala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iserlohn-Westig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garrison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbank 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mama	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Victorville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lemmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 225.

Records on 13 August 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1972

Top 20 records on 13 August 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1972	Gridino, RU	all-time rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Roby, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Ukhta Kalevala, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Tahoka, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Gail, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Hamlin 1SW, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Bens Run 1 SSE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Morgan, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	monthly rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Milford, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Zion Np, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Xique-Xique (Igatu), BR	monthly rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Iserlohn-Westig, DE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Amiandos, CY	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Rotan, US	all-time rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	San Andres, MX	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1972	Aspermont, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	35 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 485 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	335
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1