Weather Records on 13 February 1923

209 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1923. Highest significance: East London -Signal STN, ZA.

Key Facts for 13 February 1923

On 13 February 1923, 209 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 200 daily.
East London -Signal STN set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 13 February 1923.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

209 stations

209 station records on 13 February 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mein Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

209 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 66, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 13 February 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 13 February 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 200.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

180 broken records

Margins by which the 180 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 259.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1923

Top 20 records on 13 February 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1923	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1923	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1923	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1923	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1923	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1923	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1923	Olga 2 SE, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1923	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1923	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Rugby, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Portland Rfc City, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Olga 2 SE, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1923	Rosalia, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1923. 1923 had 209 records.

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

Records on 02-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	2
1829	2
1847	1
1848	1
1855	1
1856	4
1860	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1880	1
1882	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	2
1893	4
1894	2
1895	8
1896	3
1897	2
1898	3
1899	13
1900	4
1901	7
1902	11
1903	3
1904	13
1905	19
1906	8
1907	11
1908	18
1909	8
1910	9
1911	40
1912	8
1913	25
1914	64
1915	15
1916	21
1917	143
1918	37
1919	32
1920	21
1921	43
1922	50
1923	209
1924	157
1925	85
1926	86
1927	150
1928	599
1929	186
1930	224
1931	231
1932	126
1933	306
1934	262
1935	186
1936	714
1937	614
1938	907
1939	295
1940	208
1941	239
1942	300
1943	420
1944	312
1945	415
1946	549
1947	895
1948	673
1949	1,079
1950	618
1951	539
1952	332
1953	130
1954	897
1955	558
1956	311
1957	416
1958	836
1959	487
1960	559
1961	467
1962	1,136
1963	470
1964	249
1965	396
1966	984
1967	704
1968	531
1969	580
1970	558
1971	1,003
1972	394
1973	611
1974	398
1975	574
1976	605
1977	647
1978	1,623
1979	1,911
1980	537
1981	734
1982	809
1983	1,130
1984	1,297
1985	1,189
1986	1,055
1987	729
1988	885
1989	776
1990	1,429
1991	765
1992	933
1993	672
1994	959
1995	1,838
1996	1,123
1997	1,086
1998	1,291
1999	1,022
2000	935
2001	862
2002	998
2003	834
2004	1,407
2005	916
2006	766
2007	1,097
2008	987
2009	856
2010	1,122
2011	718
2012	1,020
2013	462
2014	1,235
2015	896
2016	853
2017	1,039
2018	426
2019	950
2020	1,106
2021	2,340
2022	516
2023	607
2024	688
2025	1,176
2026	485

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	169
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1