Weather Records on 13 August 2004

2,040 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 2004. Highest significance: Hamburg, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 2004

On 13 August 2004, 2,040 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 1,398 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 114 monthly and 1,921 daily.
Hamburg set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 13 August 2004.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 13 August 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jiexiu	China	Record daily precipitation	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gorredijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sneek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Francis E Walter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Joure	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Sp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oldeholtpade	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reading 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Loris 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raton Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville-Stowe State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vaals	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harris STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juuka Niemela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borkum-Suderstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,040 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 751, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 647, Heaviest daily rainfall 316.

Records on 13 August 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	751
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	647
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 2004 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 114, daily 1,921.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,509 broken records

Margins by which the 1,509 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 2004

Top 20 records on 13 August 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 2004	Hamburg, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	100 years	75 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2004	Conway, US	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	105 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2004	Lawrence, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2004	Jiexiu, CN	daily rain	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Leeuwarden, NL	monthly rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Berlin, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	115 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Gorredijk, NL	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Sneek, NL	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Romney 1 SW, US	monthly low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Machias, US	all-time rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Francis E Walter Dam, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Sewanee, US	monthly low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Tamaqua, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Brenham, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Joure, NL	monthly rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Philippi, US	monthly low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2004	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	83 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 2,040 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 2004-08-13: 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	1,455
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1