Weather Records on 13 February 1953

130 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1953. Highest significance: Kidston Gold Mine, AU.

Key Facts for 13 February 1953

On 13 February 1953, 130 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 128 daily.
Kidston Gold Mine set a daily record precipitation of 182.9 mm (7.2 in) on 13 February 1953.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

130 stations

130 station records on 13 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	310.0 cm (122.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-37.5 C (-35.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roto (Merimerriwa Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mayneside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

130 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 13 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 13 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 128.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

106 broken records

Margins by which the 106 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 750.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1953

Top 20 records on 13 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1953	Kidston Gold Mine, AU	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1953	Rietbron (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1953	Gunnawarra, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1953	Oak Park Station, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1953	Derby, ZA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1953	Mount Uniacke, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1953	Bluewater 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1953	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Chudleigh Park Station, AU	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily low max	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	St Margaret's Bay, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Sveg, SE	daily low max	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Gillette 3SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Hillgrove Station, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	50 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1953	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	25 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 130 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	100
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1