Weather Records on 13 February 1957

416 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1957. Highest significance: Aach, DE.

Key Facts for 13 February 1957

On 13 February 1957, 416 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 388 daily.
Aach set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.8 mm (1.3 in) on 13 February 1957.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

416 stations

416 station records on 13 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Plaisante	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

416 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

337 broken records

Margins by which the 337 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1957

Top 20 records on 13 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1957	Aach, DE	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1957	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Muenster, DE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Yoakum, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Maytown, AU	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Vrugbaar, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	La Plaisante, ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Wallaceburg, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Edna 3 SW, US	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily high max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1957	Hollister 1 SW, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1957	Wrangell AP, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1957	Agua Branca, BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1957	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1957	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1957	Bisbee, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1957	Porterville, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	53 years	31 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 416 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	323
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1