Weather Records on 5 February 1930

161 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1930. Highest significance: Old Halls Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 1930

On 5 February 1930, 161 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 160 daily.
Old Halls Creek set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 5 February 1930.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

161 stations

161 station records on 5 February 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.3 C (-33.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.7 C (101.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie (Rotherfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

161 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 41, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 February 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	41
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 February 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 160.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 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 1930

Top 20 records on 5 February 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1930	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Hambantota, LK	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	39.5 C (103.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Point Pleasant, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	67 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Gavle, SE	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Spencer, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Kamloops, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Pleasantville 1 N, US	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Milparinka Hotel, AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	45 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Glenville, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1930	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	23 years	18 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1930. 1930 had 161 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	126
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1