Weather Records on 13 August 2005

1,418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 2005. Highest significance: Abisko, SE.

Key Facts for 13 August 2005

On 13 August 2005, 1,418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
656 were record highs and 435 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,374 daily.
Abisko set a daily record precipitation of 26.1 mm (1.0 in) on 13 August 2005.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,418 stations

1,418 station records on 13 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abisko	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oral	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Martin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Porcupine 11 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darrouzett	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nelkan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballantine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacualera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Songli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,418 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 279, Lowest daily maximum 286, Highest daily minimum 377, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 327.

Records on 13 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	279
Lowest daily maximum	286
Highest daily minimum	377
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 39, daily 1,374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,037 broken records

Margins by which the 1,037 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 2005

Top 20 records on 13 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 2005	Abisko, SE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2005	Sterling City, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Medicine Creek Dam, US	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Timovskoe, RU	all-time high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	102 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Miami, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Washington, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Lead, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	La Grange, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Gordon 6N, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Kadoka, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Los Reyes, MX	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Elizabeth, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Topeka ASOS, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Hollis 5E, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Oral, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2005	Nogliki, RU	all-time high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	55 years	45 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2005. 2005 had 1,418 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 2005-08-13: 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 10	914
10 to 20	84
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1