Weather Records on 8 July 2013

501 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 2013. Highest significance: Portland, AU.

Key Facts for 8 July 2013

On 8 July 2013, 501 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
287 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 487 daily.
Portland set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 8 July 2013.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

501 stations

501 station records on 8 July 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Washington Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pingliang	China	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oral	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kemerovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Terry 21 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sangary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarks Hill 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shinjo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laveen 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huma	China	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt. Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cliff 11 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galax Radio Wbrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford (Tycor)	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yan An	China	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elista	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Commerce 4 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zuni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Timimoun	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

501 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 143.

Records on 8 July 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 2013 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

389 broken records

Margins by which the 389 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 2013

Top 20 records on 8 July 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 2013	Portland, AU	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	117 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2013	Washington Is, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2013	Pingliang, CN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 July 2013	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	111 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Oral, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Bardal, NO	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Sewanee, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Appleton, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Kemerovo, RU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	120 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Murdo, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Westerville, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Hyannis, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Terry 21 NNW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Eastman 1 W, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2013	Tyndall, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	102 years	41 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2013. 2013 had 501 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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Data for records on 2013-07-08: 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	342
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2