Weather Records on 5 February 1936

734 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1936. Highest significance: Huntsville, CA.

Key Facts for 5 February 1936

On 5 February 1936, 734 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 545 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 699 daily.
Huntsville set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 5 February 1936.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

734 stations

734 station records on 5 February 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Tenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	533.4 cm (210.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	219.0 cm (86.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kealakekua 2 28.7	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

734 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 237, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 308, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 5 February 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	237
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	308
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 5 February 1936 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 25, daily 699.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

617 broken records

Margins by which the 617 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1936

Top 20 records on 5 February 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1936	Huntsville, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1936	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1936	Karimnagar, IN	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1936	Mount Tenandra, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1936	Emsdale, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1936	Tafelberg Hall, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1936	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1936	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1936	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1936	Millerton, US	all-time snow depth	533.4 cm (210.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1936	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1936	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1936	Marshalltown, US	all-time low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1936	Odendaalsrus, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1936	Oskaloosa, US	all-time snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1936	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1936	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1936	Ocala, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1936	Monmouth, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1936	Pincher Creek Town, CA	monthly low max	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	26 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1936. 1936 had 734 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 1936-02-05: 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 100	597
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1