Weather Records on 13 February 1966

984 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1966. Highest significance: Kimberley Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 13 February 1966

On 13 February 1966, 984 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 922 daily.
Kimberley Downs set a daily record precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 13 February 1966.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

984 stations

984 station records on 13 February 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bikaner	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Akhnoor	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Batala	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chirelillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anupgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jammu (In-AFB)	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nohar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

984 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 602, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 13 February 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	602
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 13 February 1966 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 56, daily 922.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

890 broken records

Margins by which the 890 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1966

Top 20 records on 13 February 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1966	Kimberley Downs, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1966	Harrison, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1966	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1966	Highlands, US	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1966	Bikaner, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1966	Newell, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1966	Tshakhuma, ZA	daily rain	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1966	Lenoir, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1966	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Carlisle, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Woodbury, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Gainesville, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Hyannis, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Akhnoor, IN	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Batala, IN	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Auburn, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Chirelillup, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Sri Ranbirsingh, IN	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1966	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	53 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 984 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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Data for records on 1966-02-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15 (15 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	845
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1