Weather Records on 13 February 1950

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1950. Highest significance: Beaumont City, US.

Key Facts for 13 February 1950

On 13 February 1950, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 568 daily.
Beaumont City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 150.4 mm (5.9 in) on 13 February 1950.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

618 stations

618 station records on 13 February 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coolabah (Branglebar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Letchworth Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 320, Heaviest daily snowfall 140, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 13 February 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	320
Heaviest daily snowfall	140
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 13 February 1950 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 47, daily 568.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1950

Top 20 records on 13 February 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1950	Beaumont City, US	monthly rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Golconda River, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Paducah, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Schriever, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Bluffton Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Hiram, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Salamonia, US	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	New Hampton, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Bloomingdale, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Winterset 4N, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Cairo River, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Lawrenceville 2 S, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Union City, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Hammond, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Woodward, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Farmersburg, US	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Farmland 5 NNW, US	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1950	Grinnell 3 SW, US	all-time snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	45 years	45 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 618 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	394
25 to 50	73
50 to 75	33
75 to 100	14
100 to 125	10
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	4