Weather Records on 13 February 1962

1,136 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1962. Highest significance: Escanaba, US.

Key Facts for 13 February 1962

On 13 February 1962, 1,136 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
727 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 123 monthly and 1,013 daily.
Escanaba set a daily record snowfall of 26.7 cm (10.5 in) on 13 February 1962.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,136 stations

1,136 station records on 13 February 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Convamore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Groenvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Two Buttes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ntywenka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flitwick Grange	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	194.0 cm (76.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarima	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bochum-1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,136 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 395, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 332, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 302, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 13 February 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	395
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	332
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	302
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 13 February 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 123, daily 1,013.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

934 broken records

Margins by which the 934 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1962

Top 20 records on 13 February 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1962	Escanaba, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1962	Convamore, ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Wolfridge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Roebuck Plains, AU	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Breakwater, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Brule Island, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Kempten, DE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Trier, DE	monthly rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Bulken, NO	daily snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Groenvlei, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Breakwater, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Paducah, US	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1962	Clocolan (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	38 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1962. 1962 had 1,136 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 February 1962
Margin	Records
0 to 100	924
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2