Weather Records on 13 August 1984

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1984. Highest significance: Bradford 4SW Rsch 5, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1984

On 13 August 1984, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 584 daily.
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5 set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 13 August 1984.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 13 August 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mirboo North Water Board	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kamenskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kamenskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian del Oeste	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Creekside	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harbin	China	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rienhardt Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wapato	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Voznesensk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yevpatoriia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dacus	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stereguscij	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troy 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asmara	Eritrea	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Old Forge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Modesto AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Topia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 162.

Records on 13 August 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1984 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 584.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1984

Top 20 records on 13 August 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1984	Bradford 4SW Rsch 5, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Whitesville 1N, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Mirboo North Water Board, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Saint Johns, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Arecibo 3 ESE, PR	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Los Gatos, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Kamenskoe, RU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Kamenskoe, RU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Belton Dam, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Houma, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	San Saba, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	San Bartolo, MX	monthly low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	San Sebastian del Oeste, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Tierra Blanca (Smn), MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Warsaw, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Creekside, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Harbin, CN	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1984	Rienhardt Rch, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1984. 1984 had 597 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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Data for records on 1984-08-13: 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	381
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1