Weather Records on 13 August 2002

1,475 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 2002. Highest significance: Muskogee, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 2002

On 13 August 2002, 1,475 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
917 were record highs and 300 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,413 daily.
Muskogee set a daily record precipitation of 100.6 mm (4.0 in) on 13 August 2002.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,475 stations

1,475 station records on 13 August 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Union de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zmerinka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Konawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mjuamala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Oder	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bixby	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Allis	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Drake Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orielton (East Orielton Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chamal Nuevo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hjalta_Kraftverk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thibodaux 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mohyliv-Podilskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tidewater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Plains (Cataract Falls)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idrinskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uybat	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grove (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,475 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 591, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 326, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 258.

Records on 13 August 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	591
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	326
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 2002 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 51, daily 1,413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,119 broken records

Margins by which the 1,119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 2002

Top 20 records on 13 August 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 2002	Muskogee, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2002	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2002	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2002	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Godegard, SE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Minusinsk, RU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Union de San Antonio, MX	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Zmerinka, UA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Konawa, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Mjuamala, SE	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Frankfurt/Oder, DE	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Cape Girardeau Muni AP, US	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Bixby, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Waukesha Wwtp, US	monthly rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	W Allis, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Glacier Bay, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2002	Durant, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	51 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 1,475 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 2002-08-13: 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	1,066
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2