Weather Records on 13 February 1998

1,291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 1998. Highest significance: Magiscatzin (Dge), MX.

Key Facts for 13 February 1998

On 13 February 1998, 1,291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
960 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 109 monthly and 1,181 daily.
Magiscatzin (Dge) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 13 February 1998.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,291 stations

1,291 station records on 13 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Magiscatzin (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
La Esperanza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
El Mayab	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rosillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gonyelinka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cienega de Flores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anchieta (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
General Bravo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monduran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geijera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Walloon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Escuro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kotlas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lanark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cruillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,291 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 469, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 491, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 223, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 13 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	469
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	491
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 13 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 109, daily 1,181.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,174 broken records

Margins by which the 1,174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 February 1998

Top 20 records on 13 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 1998	Magiscatzin (Dge), MX	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1998	Silverton, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1998	San Felipe, MX	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1998	La Esperanza, MX	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 February 1998	El Mayab, MX	monthly rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Rosillo, MX	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Gonyelinka, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Glenwood, AU	daily rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Galway, IE	monthly high max	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	130 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Cienega de Flores, MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Armagh, GB	monthly high max	15.8 C (60.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	140 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Sheffield, GB	monthly high min	11.2 C (52.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Anchieta (Dnos), BR	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	123 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Mt Mansfield, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Paisley, GB	monthly high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Buxton, GB	monthly high min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	San Blas, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 1998	Armagh, GB	daily high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	80 years	45 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1998. 1998 had 1,291 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 20	1,137
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1