Weather Records on 13 February 1942

300 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1942. Highest significance: Elmore, AU.

Key Facts for 13 February 1942

On 13 February 1942, 300 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 293 daily.
Elmore set an all-time record daily precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 13 February 1942.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

300 stations

300 station records on 13 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhainswal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kishangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baroda	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mustafabad Jasra	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

300 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 13 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 13 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 3, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1942

Top 20 records on 13 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1942	Elmore, AU	all-time rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1942	Clyde State School, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1942	Bhainswal, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1942	Wallal Downs, AU	all-time rain	228.9 mm (9.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1942	Norddal, NO	daily snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1942	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1942	Chhota Kosi, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1942	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Moselle Downs Station, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Juanbung, AU	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Panipat, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	all-time snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Burra 1, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Barletta, ZA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Westcliffe, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Copley, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1942	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	27 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 300 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 100	261
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1