Weather Records on 5 February 1917

93 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1917. Highest significance: Yetman (Warialda Street), AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 1917

On 5 February 1917, 93 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 91 daily.
Yetman (Warialda Street) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 5 February 1917.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

93 stations

93 station records on 5 February 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Willeroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

93 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 February 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 February 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 91.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

78 broken records

Margins by which the 78 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1917

Top 20 records on 5 February 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1917	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1917	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1917	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low max	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1917	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Moree Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Magdeburg, DE	monthly low min	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Barringun, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Bamberg, DE	daily low min	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low max	20.3 C (68.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1917	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	20 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

1795 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1917. 1917 had 93 records.

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

Records on 02-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	2
1814	1
1822	1
1827	2
1838	1
1841	2
1848	3
1851	2
1852	1
1855	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1869	5
1871	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	3
1900	10
1901	2
1902	4
1903	3
1904	14
1905	16
1906	10
1907	19
1908	23
1909	46
1910	20
1911	49
1912	41
1913	40
1914	31
1915	22
1916	25
1917	93
1918	105
1919	29
1920	72
1921	31
1922	80
1923	67
1924	237
1925	400
1926	112
1927	653
1928	265
1929	148
1930	161
1931	292
1932	353
1933	177
1934	153
1935	158
1936	734
1937	265
1938	1,308
1939	151
1940	295
1941	227
1942	407
1943	524
1944	287
1945	325
1946	666
1947	576
1948	625
1949	541
1950	574
1951	232
1952	453
1953	459
1954	666
1955	556
1956	450
1957	607
1958	233
1959	340
1960	520
1961	711
1962	639
1963	1,451
1964	553
1965	433
1966	616
1967	404
1968	256
1969	433
1970	448
1971	1,329
1972	394
1973	854
1974	443
1975	910
1976	1,140
1977	493
1978	892
1979	2,150
1980	756
1981	523
1982	2,248
1983	815
1984	612
1985	1,602
1986	1,375
1987	572
1988	1,158
1989	3,257
1990	1,225
1991	1,765
1992	562
1993	884
1994	629
1995	1,297
1996	2,815
1997	845
1998	991
1999	821
2000	647
2001	1,276
2002	1,589
2003	682
2004	1,724
2005	1,210
2006	833
2007	1,243
2008	2,428
2009	803
2010	1,422
2011	2,052
2012	1,362
2013	368
2014	1,441
2015	768
2016	519
2017	583
2018	960
2019	1,288
2020	1,050
2021	758
2022	444
2023	298
2024	803
2025	1,109
2026	1,234

Download the Data

Data for records on 1917-02-05: 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 2026-10-17 (17 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 20	66
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1