Weather Records on 13 August 1983

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1983. Highest significance: Rush 1N, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1983

On 13 August 1983, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 614 daily.
Rush 1N set a daily record precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 13 August 1983.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

647 stations

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

Weather records on 13 August 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coral Harbour A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caduao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fujin	China	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Objacevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Double Four Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Molino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tivjaku	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Pilar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saskylah	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Livny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 160.

Records on 13 August 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1983 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 27, daily 614.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1983

Top 20 records on 13 August 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1983	Rush 1N, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1983	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Kirensk, RU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Coral Harbour A, CA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	San Felipe, MX	monthly rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Rocksprings, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Todos Santos (Dge), MX	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Phuket Airport, TH	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Caduao, MX	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Van Horn, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Trona, US	all-time high min	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Fujin, CN	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Lawrence, US	monthly low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Cavendish, US	monthly low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Teriberka, RU	daily high max	37.4 C (99.3 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Phuket, TH	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Sunnyside, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Objacevo, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1983	Setauket Strong, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	39 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1983. 1983 had 647 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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Data for records on 1983-08-13: 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	438
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2