Weather Records on 5 February 1929

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1929. Highest significance: Wollongong Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 1929

On 5 February 1929, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 140 daily.
Wollongong Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 5 February 1929.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 5 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.5 C (-40.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1929 by type: Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 5 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 5 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

131 broken records

Margins by which the 131 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1929

Top 20 records on 5 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1929	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1929	Gerringong (Mayflower Village), AU	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Athol 1, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Boggabri (Milchengowrie), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville, AU	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Asheville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Kiama Bowling Club, AU	all-time rain	188.2 mm (7.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1929	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1929	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1929	Maryland, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1929	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1929	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1929	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	29 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 148 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 50	107
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2