Weather Records on 13 August 1996

1,276 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1996. Highest significance: Rocky Mt, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1996

On 13 August 1996, 1,276 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
722 were record highs and 289 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,228 daily.
Rocky Mt set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 13 August 1996.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,276 stations

1,276 station records on 13 August 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hannover	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Anucino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pearisburg 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Allisonia 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Philpott Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calkini (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwood 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Damian Carmona	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Transou	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.5 mm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrs Creek 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estell Manor	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altavista	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hacker Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tompa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ameca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Kerr Scott Resv	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,276 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 430, Lowest daily maximum 182, Highest daily minimum 292, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 265.

Records on 13 August 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	430
Lowest daily maximum	182
Highest daily minimum	292
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1996 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 44, daily 1,228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

964 broken records

Margins by which the 964 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1996

Top 20 records on 13 August 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1996	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1996	Upper Tract, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1996	Hannover, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Anucino, RU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Placerville, US	all-time high max	46.1 C (115.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Marlinton, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Pearisburg 4 SSE, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Staunton Wtp, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Allisonia 2 SSE, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Stuart, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	117 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Elkhorn, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Marlinton, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Philpott Dam 2, US	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Kingston, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Calkini (Smn), MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Emmitsburg 2 SE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1996	Zaragoza Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	45 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 1,276 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 1996-08-13: 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	911
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1