Weather Records on 13 July 1983

887 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1983. Highest significance: Fernie, CA.

Key Facts for 13 July 1983

On 13 July 1983, 887 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
485 were record highs and 195 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 847 daily.
Fernie set a monthly record daily precipitation of 87.4 mm (3.4 in) on 13 July 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

887 stations

887 station records on 13 July 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Abasolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Puruandiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Acatzingo de Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calderones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Chico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tecamachalco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Molndal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tillamook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bira	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aldama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Athabasca 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villahermosa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Andres Lagunas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

887 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 285, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 207.

Records on 13 July 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	285
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1983 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 29, daily 847.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

686 broken records

Margins by which the 686 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1983

Top 20 records on 13 July 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1983	Fernie, CA	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1983	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1983	Abasolo, MX	all-time rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1983	Mineral-Nye-Vody, RU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Richland, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Puruandiro, MX	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Buxton, GB	all-time high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Astoria AP (Port of), US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Hoquiam Bowerman AP, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Galway, IE	monthly high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Moroleon, MX	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Cloverdale, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Oakville, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Acatzingo de Hidalgo, MX	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Tepeaca, MX	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Rostov-Na-Donu, RU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Save, SE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Calderones, MX	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1983	Palacios Muni AP, US	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	12 years	47 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

1795 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1983. 1983 had 887 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	707
2026	1,124

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Data for records on 1983-07-13: 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 2026-10-14 (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 20	634
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1