Weather Records on 13 July 1997

793 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1997. Highest significance: Apatzingan (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 13 July 1997

On 13 July 1997, 793 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 305 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 770 daily.
Apatzingan (Smn) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 182.4 mm (7.2 in) on 13 July 1997.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

793 stations

793 station records on 13 July 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gemert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nagornyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolas Bravo KM. 71	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marodian Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bahia de Los Angeles	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	48.9 C (120.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blasillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pjatigorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Brazos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Ag Research STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webster 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Allende	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McAlinden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ferron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Comala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watford City 14S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wedgefield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qumarleb	China	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

793 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 168, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 212, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 13 July 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	168
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	212
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1997 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 19, daily 770.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1997

Top 20 records on 13 July 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1997	Apatzingan (Smn), MX	monthly rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1997	Ogden Sugar Factory, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1997	Hartington, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1997	Gemert, NL	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Nagornyj, RU	all-time rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Brackettville, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Bondurant, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Arcadia, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Beulah 1 W, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Siwa, EG	daily high min	26.8 C (80.2 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Heber, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Kemmerer 2N, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Tbilisi, GE	daily low max	21.4 C (70.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Riverside 7 SSW, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Gaya, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Nicolas Bravo KM. 71, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1997	Belfast, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 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

1795 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1997. 1997 had 793 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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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 2026-10-13 (13 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 10	511
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1