Weather Records on 13 August 2022

799 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 2022. Highest significance: Rochester, AU.

Key Facts for 13 August 2022

On 13 August 2022, 799 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
409 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 773 daily.
Rochester set a daily record precipitation of 26.6 mm (1.0 in) on 13 August 2022.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

799 stations

799 station records on 13 August 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Daniels-Strawberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Basin-Settleme	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston (Willow Ponds)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bybera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Two Ocean Plateau	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Suntar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ordynskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daandine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camborne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Elizabeth R)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zenata	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	46.0 C (114.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawbury	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Mole Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Girraween Nat Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peshtigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie (Lallybroch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton (Blampied (Bardia))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palma de Mallorca Cmt	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Preston: Moor Park	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matecana	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bayboro 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chongqing	China	Record high maximum temperature	42.7 C (108.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

799 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 293.

Records on 13 August 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 2022 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 9, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

671 broken records

Margins by which the 671 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 2022

Top 20 records on 13 August 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 2022	Rochester, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2022	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	128 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2022	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2022	Daniels-Strawberry, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	East Sale Comparison, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Rocky Basin-Settleme, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Huddleston (Willow Ponds), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	99 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Torrevieja, ES	all-time high max	41.9 C (107.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	111 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Bybera, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	31.3 C (88.3 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	128 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	26.9 C (80.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	101 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Jamestown Dpi, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Eagle Mtn, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Two Ocean Plateau, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Warroo Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Suntar, RU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Ordynskoe, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2022	Daandine, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	45 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2022. 2022 had 799 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	145
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	355
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	653
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	462
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 2022-08-13: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	595
10 to 20	52
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1