Weather Records on 21 August 2013

513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 August 2013. Highest significance: Orlinga, RU.

Key Facts for 21 August 2013

On 21 August 2013, 513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 504 daily.
Orlinga set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 21 August 2013.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

513 stations

513 station records on 21 August 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 August 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orlinga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vinnicy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kitt Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Novaja Ladoga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Covelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Island	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gurabo Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mathis 4 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Navua	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Campo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reno AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irozaki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thorhult	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pt Comfort	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wushaoling	China	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Novillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roscoe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yoakum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quillayute AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kyoto	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

513 records

Records set or tied on 21 August 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 90.

Records on 21 August 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 August 2013 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 504.

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 62.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 August 2013

Top 20 records on 21 August 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 August 2013	Orlinga, RU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 August 2013	Springer, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	118 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 August 2013	Vinnicy, RU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Kitt Peak, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Zyrjanka, RU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Novaja Ladoga, RU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Wetumpka, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily low min	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Ft Duchesne, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	90 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Goliad, US	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily low min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily low max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Mokpo, KR	monthly high max	36.9 C (98.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Tejon Rancho, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Covelo, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 2013	Red Lake Falls, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	37 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

1800 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2013. 2013 had 513 records.

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

Records on 08-21 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1804	1
1807	1
1816	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1839	3
1843	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	2
1863	1
1866	1
1867	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1893	4
1894	8
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	9
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	22
1907	20
1908	13
1909	17
1910	33
1911	19
1912	50
1913	37
1914	24
1915	21
1916	106
1917	101
1918	202
1919	19
1920	59
1921	34
1922	58
1923	111
1924	135
1925	220
1926	227
1927	228
1928	110
1929	234
1930	297
1931	277
1932	264
1933	328
1934	320
1935	318
1936	807
1937	762
1938	239
1939	630
1940	683
1941	180
1942	415
1943	438
1944	346
1945	544
1946	390
1947	954
1948	305
1949	508
1950	958
1951	699
1952	368
1953	331
1954	497
1955	885
1956	701
1957	490
1958	389
1959	704
1960	490
1961	644
1962	469
1963	338
1964	794
1965	455
1966	661
1967	541
1968	1,014
1969	650
1970	373
1971	660
1972	441
1973	438
1974	564
1975	545
1976	756
1977	764
1978	445
1979	778
1980	904
1981	1,015
1982	769
1983	1,407
1984	975
1985	623
1986	1,166
1987	740
1988	889
1989	828
1990	910
1991	828
1992	957
1993	698
1994	968
1995	962
1996	950
1997	1,291
1998	948
1999	717
2000	861
2001	797
2002	965
2003	1,241
2004	1,585
2005	1,071
2006	797
2007	1,829
2008	1,012
2009	1,319
2010	1,155
2011	1,022
2012	990
2013	513
2014	624
2015	651
2016	890
2017	347
2018	816
2019	631
2020	1,147
2021	767
2022	917
2023	1,826
2024	777
2025	1,230
2026	1,289

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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 10	357
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1