Weather Records on 5 February 1924

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1924. Highest significance: Fort Chipewyan, CA.

Key Facts for 5 February 1924

On 5 February 1924, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 233 daily.
Fort Chipewyan set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 5 February 1924.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 5 February 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saegerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 February 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 February 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 233.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

217 broken records

Margins by which the 217 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1924

Top 20 records on 5 February 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1924	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1924	Carabost, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1924	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1924	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1924	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1924	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1924	Manildra (Hazeldale), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1924	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Nelyambo, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Woodstock West, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Brantford, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Gympie, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Oskaloosa, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1924	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 237 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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Data for records on 1924-02-05: 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	196
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2