Weather Records on 29 August 2013

739 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 2013. Highest significance: Nagappattinam, IN.

Key Facts for 29 August 2013

On 29 August 2013, 739 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
519 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 719 daily.
Nagappattinam set a daily record precipitation of 79.0 mm (3.1 in) on 29 August 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

739 stations

739 station records on 29 August 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Salina 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vase_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuyo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Suifenhe	China	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyman Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Climax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Allison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	43.5 C (110.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port San Juan	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arequipa	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

739 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 402, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 29 August 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	402
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 2013 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

520 broken records

Margins by which the 520 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 2013

Top 20 records on 29 August 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 2013	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	84 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2013	Sines Deep Creek, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2013	Salina 3 W, US	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2013	Kent, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Ft Grant, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	110 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Ford City 4 S Dam, US	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Asheville, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Vase_D, SE	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Kitoi Bay, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Adams 7 SSW, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Clearwater, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Landsburg, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Alicante, ES	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Streator 2SE, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Columbus, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Napoleon, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Pembina, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2013	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	40 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

1807 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2013. 2013 had 739 records.

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

Records on 08-29 in each year
Year	Records
1807	4
1814	2
1827	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	4
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	2
1896	10
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	1
1901	6
1902	7
1903	21
1904	7
1905	21
1906	14
1907	5
1908	12
1909	25
1910	9
1911	44
1912	36
1913	21
1914	32
1915	36
1916	59
1917	41
1918	28
1919	34
1920	76
1921	102
1922	41
1923	66
1924	250
1925	222
1926	403
1927	214
1928	288
1929	139
1930	170
1931	181
1932	675
1933	435
1934	459
1935	632
1936	297
1937	430
1938	253
1939	332
1940	395
1941	384
1942	654
1943	334
1944	338
1945	390
1946	702
1947	419
1948	1,096
1949	470
1950	557
1951	917
1952	345
1953	1,189
1954	438
1955	365
1956	351
1957	392
1958	240
1959	496
1960	499
1961	501
1962	400
1963	672
1964	483
1965	1,095
1966	463
1967	511
1968	887
1969	691
1970	481
1971	514
1972	635
1973	679
1974	874
1975	517
1976	547
1977	770
1978	755
1979	581
1980	521
1981	869
1982	1,164
1983	883
1984	1,230
1985	551
1986	2,408
1987	659
1988	1,237
1989	728
1990	1,009
1991	806
1992	1,417
1993	1,306
1994	596
1995	1,090
1996	1,056
1997	957
1998	1,452
1999	756
2000	1,076
2001	743
2002	921
2003	964
2004	813
2005	993
2006	1,156
2007	959
2008	716
2009	1,110
2010	1,184
2011	1,252
2012	901
2013	739
2014	419
2015	798
2016	576
2017	1,162
2018	890
2019	789
2020	827
2021	567
2022	437
2023	677
2024	1,047
2025	664
2026	797

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-08-29: 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	475
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2