Weather Records on 5 February 1920

72 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1920. Highest significance: Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 5 February 1920

On 5 February 1920, 72 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 70 daily.
Umzimkulu (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 5 February 1920.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

72 stations

72 station records on 5 February 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haddon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fernleigh (St.Helena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

72 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 February 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 February 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 70.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

67 broken records

Margins by which the 67 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

5 February 1920

Top 20 records on 5 February 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1920	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1920	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1920	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1920	Biamble, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1920	Innamincka Police Camp, AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Storrs, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Portland, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Beechal, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Augathella Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	New Westminster, CA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Surat, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Condobolin Station, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Haddon, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1920	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	45 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 72 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

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	54
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1