Weather Records on 13 August 1991

845 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1991. Highest significance: Suolovuopmi, NO.

Key Facts for 13 August 1991

On 13 August 1991, 845 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 354 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 821 daily.
Suolovuopmi set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 13 August 1991.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

845 stations

845 station records on 13 August 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Atil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forsan	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darlag	China	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Napas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingisepp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cresson	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trancoso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Monica Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Temixco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Chiflon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

845 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 215, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 257.

Records on 13 August 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	215
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1991 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 821.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

648 broken records

Margins by which the 648 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1991

Top 20 records on 13 August 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1991	Suolovuopmi, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1991	Gladstone (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1991	Dialville 2 W, US	monthly rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1991	Atil, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Melrose, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Gascon, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Decatur, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Forsan, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Roanoke, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Agalega, MU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Las Animas, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Snowville, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Dalhart FAA AP, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Darlag, CN	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Napas, RU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Toccoa, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Deddington (Marathon), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Holly, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1991	Kingisepp, RU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	40 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1991. 1991 had 845 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1991-08-13: 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	581
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2