Weather Records on 13 February 2016

853 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 February 2016. Highest significance: Culbertson, US.

Key Facts for 13 February 2016

On 13 February 2016, 853 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
603 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 819 daily.
Culbertson set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 13 February 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

853 stations

853 station records on 13 February 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 February 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Toyama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Antichan	France	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uliastai	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yakushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lourdes	France	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bely Island	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Katsuura	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuyama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Otaru	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tottori	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sukumo	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Climax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kahului AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brindisi	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gifu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sakai	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yamaguchi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarko-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mohamed Boudiaf Intl	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fukaura	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miyako	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

853 records

Records set or tied on 13 February 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 295, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 13 February 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	295
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 13 February 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 34, daily 819.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

709 broken records

Margins by which the 709 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 2016

Top 20 records on 13 February 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 February 2016	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 February 2016	Toyama, JP	daily high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Antichan, FR	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Uliastai, CN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Fukue, JP	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	120 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Fukui, JP	daily high min	9.9 C (49.8 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Yakushima, JP	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	117 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	32.0 C (89.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	W Pt, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Hirado, JP	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Lake Yellowstone, US	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Matsumoto, JP	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Lourdes, FR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Bely Island, RU	monthly high min	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Bosque del Apache, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 February 2016	Nemuro, JP	daily high max	6.8 C (44.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	84 years	39 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 853 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 2016-02-13: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	686
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1