Weather Records on 4 August 2013

452 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 2013. Highest significance: Great Bend 3WNW, US.

Key Facts for 4 August 2013

On 4 August 2013, 452 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 431 daily.
Great Bend 3WNW set a daily record precipitation of 114.0 mm (4.5 in) on 4 August 2013.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

452 stations

452 station records on 4 August 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hesston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vyksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sernovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonshall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kanopolis Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camborne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mizpah 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tisul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stearns 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shields	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uybat	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalvesta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Terra Alta #1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Savage River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hotan	China	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birobidzhan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Topeka Forbes Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mactan Cebu Intl	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nejran	Saudi Arabia	Record low maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

452 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 183.

Records on 4 August 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 2013 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 16, daily 431.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 2013

Top 20 records on 4 August 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 2013	Great Bend 3WNW, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Claflin, US	monthly rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Sterling, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Hesston, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Eldorado Springs, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Daytona Beach, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Vyksa, RU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Sernovodsk, RU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Purcellville, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Lukojanov, RU	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Ekaterino-Nikolskoe, RU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Lyonshall, GB	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Kanopolis Lake, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Daytona Beach, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Geneseo, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Leoti, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Dilia, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 2013	Jackson 3 NW, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	39 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

1815 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2013. 2013 had 452 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-08-04: 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	307
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1