Weather Records on 13 August 1997

1,009 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1997. Highest significance: Fayette, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1997

On 13 August 1997, 1,009 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
507 were record highs and 299 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 987 daily.
Fayette set a daily record low maximum temperature of 23.9 C (75.0 F) on 13 August 1997.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,009 stations

1,009 station records on 13 August 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mariinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kinlochewe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kemerovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kennett Radio Kboa	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wasilla 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcelia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,009 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 240, Lowest daily maximum 163, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 13 August 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	240
Lowest daily maximum	163
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1997 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 18, daily 987.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

764 broken records

Margins by which the 764 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1997

Top 20 records on 13 August 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1997	Fayette, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	N Vernon 2 ESE, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld, BM	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Palestine, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Mariinsk, RU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Tisul, RU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Bartow 1SE, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Selmer, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Gladwin, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Chilapa (Smn), MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Kinlochewe, GB	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Dannemora, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Den Helder-1, NL	daily high max	29.2 C (84.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	La Grange 1N, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Baldwin, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Armagh, GB	daily high min	17.1 C (62.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Renovo, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Sakai, JP	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Nicosia, CY	daily low max	32.5 C (90.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1997	Kemerovo, RU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	42 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 1,009 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1997-08-13: 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	735
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1