Weather Records on 13 August 2016

1,064 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 2016. Highest significance: Donaldsonville 4 SW, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 2016

On 13 August 2016, 1,064 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
789 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 988 daily.
Donaldsonville 4 SW set a daily record precipitation of 172.7 mm (6.8 in) on 13 August 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,064 stations

1,064 station records on 13 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	372.6 mm (14.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	303.8 mm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Opelousas	United States	Record daily precipitation	317.5 mm (12.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	243.1 mm (9.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	254.5 mm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St Martinville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haapavesi Mustikkamaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrnava Temmes	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bogg Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	242.3 mm (9.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	287.3 mm (11.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,064 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 187, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 602, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 13 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	187
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	602
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 62, daily 988.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

792 broken records

Margins by which the 792 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 2016

Top 20 records on 13 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 2016	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 August 2016	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	monthly rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	61 years	78 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2016	St Francisville, US	all-time rain	372.6 mm (14.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	106 years	77 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2016	Jennings, US	daily rain	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	134.3 mm (5.3 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2016	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2016	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily rain	303.8 mm (12.0 in)	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2016	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	106 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2016	Opelousas, US	all-time rain	317.5 mm (12.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2016	Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Baton Rouge Metro AP, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Trang, TH	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Oden 1 SE, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	114 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Wauchula, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Marseilles Lock/Dam, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Abbeville, US	daily rain	243.1 mm (9.6 in)	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Marksville, US	monthly rain	254.5 mm (10.0 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Hastings, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Lake Charles, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2016	Dalnerechensk, RU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	55 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 1,064 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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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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	768
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2