Weather Records on 17 February 2013

312 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 2013. Highest significance: Mount Marlow, AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 2013

On 17 February 2013, 312 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 303 daily.
Mount Marlow set a daily record precipitation of 163.0 mm (6.4 in) on 17 February 2013.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

312 stations

312 station records on 17 February 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pichilingue	Ecuador	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carella Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nassau Airport New	Bahamas, The	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record low maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chilil	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cienega de Negros	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Masvingo	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sola/Vanua Lava Isl	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Partoun	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cowan Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Otatitan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hatanga	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.7 C (-53.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiksi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.5 C (-57.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balladonia	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiksi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-43.2 C (-45.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cubero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chase City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tonsina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mouyondzi	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oxchuc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inverway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pingine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	39.1 C (102.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Providencia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brusdalsvatn II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malmberget	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tak	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Immokalee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pickfoot Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

312 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 17 February 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 17 February 2013 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 303.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 2013

Top 20 records on 17 February 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 2013	Mount Marlow, AU	daily rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2013	Pichilingue, EC	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Mangalore/Bajpe, IN	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Great Falls, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Gwalior, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Lockhart, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Charlotte Court House, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Denton, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Clarksville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Jokkmokk, SE	daily snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	77 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2013	Mengzi, CN	monthly high min	18.8 C (65.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2013	Holland Wtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2013	Samaria, MX	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2013	Carella Station, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2013	Nassau Airport New, BS	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2013	Balasore, IN	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2013	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily low max	20.4 C (68.7 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2013	Chilil, MX	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	37 years	29 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2013. 2013 had 312 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	238
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1