Weather Records on 13 August 2026

1,097 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 2026. Highest significance: Highmore, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 2026

On 13 August 2026, 1,097 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
624 were record highs and 244 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,040 daily.
Highmore set a daily record precipitation of 143.5 mm (5.6 in) on 13 August 2026.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,097 stations

1,097 station records on 13 August 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	647.0 mm (25.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kofu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	456.5 mm (18.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cloud Peak Reservoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ny-Alesund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hakodate	Japan	Record daily precipitation	259.0 mm (10.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Lakes Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	263.5 mm (10.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moonshine	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	222.1 mm (8.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,097 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 191, Highest daily minimum 426, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 229.

Records on 13 August 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	191
Highest daily minimum	426
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 2026 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 44, daily 1,040.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

843 broken records

Margins by which the 843 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 352.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 2026

Top 20 records on 13 August 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 2026	Highmore, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	120 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 August 2026	Panguitch, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2026	Kochi, JP	monthly rain	647.0 mm (25.5 in)	352.5 mm (13.9 in)	50 years	72 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2026	Kofu, JP	all-time rain	456.5 mm (18.0 in)	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	0 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2026	Cloud Peak Reservoir, US	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2026	Esashi, JP	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 August 2026	Ny-Alesund, NO	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Hakodate, JP	daily rain	259.0 mm (10.2 in)	221.9 mm (8.7 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	New Castle 3 SW, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Danville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Pleasant Hill, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Lyons, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Galesburg, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Monmouth, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Mapleton No.2, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Virginia Lakes Ridge, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Abashiri, JP	daily rain	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 2026	Chamberlain 5 S, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	49 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2026. 2026 had 1,097 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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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 50	831
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1