Weather Records on 13 February 1938

907 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1938. Highest significance: Owosso Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 13 February 1938

On 13 February 1938, 907 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
679 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 854 daily.
Owosso Wwtp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 13 February 1938.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

907 stations

907 station records on 13 February 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Saranac	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Sutron	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poonch	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morenci	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

907 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 321, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 358, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 13 February 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	321
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	358
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 13 February 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 53, daily 854.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

755 broken records

Margins by which the 755 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1938

Top 20 records on 13 February 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1938	Owosso Wwtp, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1938	Saranac, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Alfred, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Setif, DZ	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Grand Rapids Sutron, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Warren, US	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Holland Wtp, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Midland 2, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Angelica, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Honohina 137, US	daily rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Menasha, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1938	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	monthly rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	44 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

1794 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 907 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	744
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1