Weather Records on 13 February 1940

208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1940. Highest significance: Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE.

Key Facts for 13 February 1940

On 13 February 1940, 208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 187 daily.
Bremen-Seefahrtschule set an all-time record low minimum temperature of -23.6 C (-10.5 F) on 13 February 1940.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

208 stations

208 station records on 13 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

208 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 50, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 13 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	50
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 13 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 12, daily 187.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

171 broken records

Margins by which the 171 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1940

Top 20 records on 13 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1940	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	all-time low min	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1940	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1940	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1940	Greifswald, DE	all-time snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1940	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	monthly low max	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Sonnblick, AT	monthly low min	-36.6 C (-33.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Chemnitz, DE	monthly low max	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Altentreptow, DE	all-time snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Putbus, DE	daily low max	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Aachen, DE	monthly low max	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Miami, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Nanaimo, CA	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Tranebjerg, DK	all-time low min	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily low max	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	all-time low min	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Palasbari, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1940	Tranebjerg, DK	all-time low max	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	0 years	26 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 208 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	160
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1