Weather Records on 24 August 2013

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2013. Highest significance: Hamada, JP.

Key Facts for 24 August 2013

On 24 August 2013, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 386 daily.
Hamada set a monthly record daily precipitation of 288.0 mm (11.3 in) on 24 August 2013.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

395 stations

395 station records on 24 August 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	288.0 mm (11.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Marion Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daintree Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lynn	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ohlsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xinyang	China	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ilirnej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ambodedjo	Mali	Record low minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wupatki Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Metter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mobile Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sukumo	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chetumal Intl	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
East Bergholt	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Piedmont Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hampstead	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 24 August 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2013

Top 20 records on 24 August 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2013	Hamada, JP	monthly rain	288.0 mm (11.3 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2013	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2013	Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg, DE	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Springer, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Pt Marion Lock 8, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Silver Lake Brighton, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Whyanbeel Valley, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Juzhno-Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Daintree Village, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Metzingen, DE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Kanazawa, JP	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Olekminsk, RU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	125 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Steele 4N, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily low max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Prentice #2, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	114 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Fukui, JP	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Lahr, DE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2013	Parnu, EE	daily low min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	125 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

1802 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2013. 2013 had 395 records.

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

Records on 08-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1817	2
1818	1
1824	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	1
1855	2
1859	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	5
1897	1
1898	5
1899	7
1900	9
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	8
1905	10
1906	22
1907	20
1908	18
1909	36
1910	22
1911	41
1912	37
1913	17
1914	24
1915	182
1916	33
1917	51
1918	79
1919	66
1920	568
1921	52
1922	98
1923	167
1924	153
1925	177
1926	133
1927	338
1928	288
1929	250
1930	240
1931	312
1932	218
1933	305
1934	617
1935	305
1936	937
1937	390
1938	483
1939	271
1940	706
1941	263
1942	549
1943	496
1944	556
1945	404
1946	425
1947	821
1948	794
1949	260
1950	378
1951	459
1952	528
1953	479
1954	631
1955	426
1956	364
1957	686
1958	547
1959	555
1960	549
1961	502
1962	413
1963	505
1964	670
1965	461
1966	707
1967	536
1968	1,039
1969	734
1970	622
1971	586
1972	587
1973	572
1974	481
1975	722
1976	493
1977	842
1978	588
1979	475
1980	669
1981	579
1982	932
1983	915
1984	600
1985	892
1986	726
1987	1,213
1988	1,093
1989	944
1990	654
1991	599
1992	1,724
1993	987
1994	618
1995	1,111
1996	1,275
1997	1,872
1998	1,113
1999	905
2000	830
2001	872
2002	1,114
2003	1,848
2004	979
2005	718
2006	859
2007	1,530
2008	954
2009	1,085
2010	1,278
2011	1,479
2012	647
2013	395
2014	832
2015	886
2016	906
2017	398
2018	442
2019	416
2020	1,055
2021	788
2022	795
2023	1,437
2024	1,338
2025	1,084
2026	618

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Data for records on 2013-08-24: 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 20	301
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2