Weather Records on 13 August 2014

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 2014. Highest significance: Islip-Li Macarthur AP, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 2014

On 13 August 2014, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 687 daily.
Islip-Li Macarthur AP set an all-time record daily precipitation of 343.2 mm (13.5 in) on 13 August 2014.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 13 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Islip-Li Macarthur AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	343.2 mm (13.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pocatello 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Isim	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pudoz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New Haven Tweed AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Falcon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camden	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parainen Uto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vanzil-Kynak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wild Horse Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pope Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chino Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sunset Crater Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tihvin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dalecarlia Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Beach (Avalon (Palmgrov	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 360.

Records on 13 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	360
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 687.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 172.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 2014

Top 20 records on 13 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 2014	Islip-Li Macarthur AP, US	all-time rain	343.2 mm (13.5 in)	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	23 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2014	Startup 1 E, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2014	Pocatello 2 NE, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2014	Packwood, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2014	Ust-Isim, RU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2014	Pudoz, RU	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2014	Smithfield, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2014	Rainer Ohanapecosh, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	New Haven Tweed AP, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Avon, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	113 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Sierraville Rs, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Falcon Dam, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	105 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Brewerton Lock 23, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Camden, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Parainen Uto, FI	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Castle Hot Springs, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Keams Canyon, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Richfield, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2014	Vanzil-Kynak, RU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	50 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 701 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	146
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	356
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	652
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	461
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

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Data for records on 2014-08-13: 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 2026-10-14 (14 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 25	550
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1