Weather Records on 13 February 1946

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1946. Highest significance: Du Quoin 4 SE, US.

Key Facts for 13 February 1946

On 13 February 1946, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 529 daily.
Du Quoin 4 SE set a daily record precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 13 February 1946.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

549 stations

549 station records on 13 February 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayfield 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 13 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 13 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1946

Top 20 records on 13 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1946	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel), AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Paoli, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Neosho, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	East Lansing Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Nashville 1 E, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Sparta 1 W, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Doniphan, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Mt Vernon 3 SW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	St Louis St Louis UNIV, US	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Barrage Angliers, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1946	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 549 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	443
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1