Weather Records on 5 February 1928

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1928. Highest significance: Tunis, TN.

Key Facts for 5 February 1928

On 5 February 1928, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 256 daily.
Tunis set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 5 February 1928.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 5 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blinkbonnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talyealye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pallamallawa 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wandoo Wandong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1928

Top 20 records on 5 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1928	Tunis, TN	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1928	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1928	Setif, DZ	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1928	Narromine (Alagala Old), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1928	Adavale, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1928	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1928	Blinkbonnie, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1928	Durango, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Trangie Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Narromine (Mumble Peg), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Tenterden, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Dubbo (Mentone), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Odesa, UA	daily low max	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Feodosiia, UA	daily low max	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	45 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Brindley Park 2, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1928	Wyalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	23 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 265 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 20	210
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1