Weather Records on 5 February 1938

1,308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1938. Highest significance: Woodstock, CA.

Key Facts for 5 February 1938

On 5 February 1938, 1,308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
609 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,255 daily.
Woodstock set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 5 February 1938.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

1,308 stations

1,308 station records on 5 February 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Seymour (Overton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Andover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,308 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 301, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 308, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 661, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 February 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	301
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	308
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	661
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 February 1938 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 49, daily 1,255.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,176 broken records

Margins by which the 1,176 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1938

Top 20 records on 5 February 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1938	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1938	Colachel Salt Fa, IN	monthly rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1938	Kuzhithurai, IN	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1938	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1938	Guelph Oac, CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	San Remo, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	New Norfolk, AU	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Ellendale Post Office, AU	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Launceston (Pumping Station), AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Avoca (Railway House), AU	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Campbell Town (Quorn Hall), AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Mornington, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Ormley, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Southampton, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1938	Cowes, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)

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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 1,308 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 1938-02-05: 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 50	1,152
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1