Weather Records on 13 August 1975

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1975. Highest significance: Ft Collins, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1975

On 13 August 1975, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 454 daily.
Ft Collins set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 13 August 1975.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

462 stations

462 station records on 13 August 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Polisie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolnisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Plaisante	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lokenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shipshaw	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rhebokskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Hairyuzovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	41.6 C (106.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puruandiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calamocha-Vor	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bailey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troy 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria Aerodromo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 182.

Records on 13 August 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1975 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1975

Top 20 records on 13 August 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1975	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1975	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Oberlin, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Philadelphia Polisie, ZA	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Tambo Crossing, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Bolnisi, GE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Natoma, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Big Springs, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Hawthorne, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	La Plaisante, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Lebanon (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Villiersdorp, ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Beloit, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Lokenburg, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Shipshaw, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Waterdale, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	McGregor (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1975	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	38 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1975. 1975 had 462 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 10	308
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2