Weather Records on 13 August 1982

653 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1982. Highest significance: Cambridge Niab, GB.

Key Facts for 13 August 1982

On 13 August 1982, 653 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 251 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 629 daily.
Cambridge Niab set a daily record precipitation of 44.4 mm (1.7 in) on 13 August 1982.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

653 stations

653 station records on 13 August 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nakusp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jacigua (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zuni	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guarapari (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao Do Castelo (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Itapemirim (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Agata	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jonstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sabino Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Leopoldina (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muniz Freire (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zhalpaktal	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyt 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anchieta (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malcolm	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yakataga AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ecum Secum	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Urepetiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

653 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 255.

Records on 13 August 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1982 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 629.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

515 broken records

Margins by which the 515 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1982

Top 20 records on 13 August 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1982	Cambridge Niab, GB	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1982	Table Rock 4N, US	all-time rain	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1982	Hickman, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Biskra, DZ	daily low min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Nakusp, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Jacigua (Dnos), BR	monthly rain	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Nebraska City 2NW, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Zuni, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Guarapari (Dnos), BR	monthly rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Searchlight, US	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Pawnee City, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Conceicao Do Castelo (Dnos), BR	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Syracuse, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Barra Do Itapemirim (Dnos), BR	daily rain	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Lockwood, US	monthly rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Tecumseh 1S, US	monthly rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Agata, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Hiawatha 1 S, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Jonstorp, SE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1982	Sabino Canyon, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1982. 1982 had 653 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 2026-10-13 (13 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 20	479
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2