Weather Records on 13 August 2018

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 2018. Highest significance: Laghouat, DZ.

Key Facts for 13 August 2018

On 13 August 2018, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
239 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 443 daily.
Laghouat set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 13 August 2018.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 13 August 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Elmira Corning Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Whitney Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rouveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Choibalsan	Mongolia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Esbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Onega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Bay Area WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheikh Larbi Tebessi	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sura	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Persimmon Gap	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lodejnoe Pole	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Independence 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turcasovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Broadus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crane	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Xuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baguio	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	275.6 mm (10.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kairouan	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 144.

Records on 13 August 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 2018 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 13, daily 443.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 2018

Top 20 records on 13 August 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 2018	Laghouat, DZ	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 August 2018	Shimla, IN	daily rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 August 2018	Elmira Corning Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2018	Whitney Dam, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2018	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Rouveen, NL	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Kyzyl-Ozek, RU	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Comanche, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Marum, NL	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Port Alsworth, US	all-time rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Choibalsan, MN	all-time rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Esbeek, NL	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Vilsteren, NL	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Onega, RU	all-time rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Wittmann 1SE, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Tampa Bay Area WFO, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Menard, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2018	Cheikh Larbi Tebessi, DZ	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 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

1793 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 461 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 2026-10-14 (14 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 20	346
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1