Weather Records on 13 February 1963

470 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1963. Highest significance: Laguna, US.

Key Facts for 13 February 1963

On 13 February 1963, 470 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 455 daily.
Laguna set a daily record low minimum temperature of -23.9 C (-11.0 F) on 13 February 1963.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

470 stations

470 station records on 13 February 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tatum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riacho de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

470 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 13 February 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 13 February 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 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 1963

Top 20 records on 13 February 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1963	Laguna, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1963	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1963	Camden on Gauley 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1963	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1963	Penn Yan, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Bic, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	E Wareham, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Black Lake, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Bowie, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Clearwater, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Kleve, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Cornwall, US	all-time snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Deming, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Bainbridge 2 E, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Cortland, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Montrose, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Everett, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 February 1963	Bayard, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	57 years	30 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 470 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	312
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1