Weather Records on 13 February 1952

332 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1952. Highest significance: Ft Fairfield 5 NE, US.

Key Facts for 13 February 1952

On 13 February 1952, 332 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 327 daily.
Ft Fairfield 5 NE set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 13 February 1952.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

332 stations

332 station records on 13 February 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Chittering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Porteiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.8 C (-57.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halliford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Inn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballantine	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Mills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darkan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

332 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 13 February 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 13 February 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1952

Top 20 records on 13 February 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1952	Ft Fairfield 5 NE, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1952	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1952	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1952	Tadoussac, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1952	Tadoussac, CA	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1952	Lower Chittering, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1952	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1952	Triunfo, BR	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1952	Deeside, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Melstone, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Amity, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Porteiras, BR	monthly rain	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1952	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	33 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1952. 1952 had 332 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	236
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1