Weather Records on 13 August 2001

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 2001. Highest significance: Lewisburg Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 2001

On 13 August 2001, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
548 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 821 daily.
Lewisburg Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 13 August 2001.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 13 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ganado	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kamen-Na-Obi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuehuepan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lind 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hovenweep Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riga	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Salvador El Seco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roy 8 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saldus	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moundsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Jula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madang W.O.	Papua New Guinea	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 340, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 159.

Records on 13 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	340
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 34, daily 821.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

605 broken records

Margins by which the 605 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 2001

Top 20 records on 13 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 2001	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Bouse, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Ganado, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Hatton 9 SE, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Kamen-Na-Obi, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Anaconda, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Beverly Stp, US	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	McAllen, US	monthly low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Ahuehuepan, MX	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Nikolsk, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Grand Coteau, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Lind 3 NE, US	all-time high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Clarksburg 1, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	33.5 C (92.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2001	Amite, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	46 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2001. 2001 had 861 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 2001-08-13: 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 2026-10-13 (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 20	567
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1