Weather Records on 13 February 1980

537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1980. Highest significance: Columbus, US.

Key Facts for 13 February 1980

On 13 February 1980, 537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 523 daily.
Columbus set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 13 February 1980.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

537 stations

537 station records on 13 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Plains	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alegre de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Carmem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coribe (Rio Alegre)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moxee City 10 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grovespring 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fullarton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuquio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yakima AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Grande (Ibitirucu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cabaceiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Alamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Castillos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Pilar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

537 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 106.

Records on 13 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	106

Records on 13 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1980

Top 20 records on 13 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1980	Columbus, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Mt Hope, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	9.3 cm (3.7 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Moola Bulla, AU	all-time rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	W Plains, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Rapelje, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Searchlight, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	McAllen, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Pittsburg, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Monte Alegre de Minas, BR	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Vila Carmem, BR	daily rain	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Coribe (Rio Alegre), BR	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Moxee City 10 E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Lockwood, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Suffolk Lake Kilby, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Tucson Camp Ave Exp, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Rosewood, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1980	Wellington, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	80 years	40 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1980. 1980 had 537 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 50	384
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	5