Weather Records on 5 February 1941

227 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1941. Highest significance: Middleburg, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 February 1941

On 5 February 1941, 227 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 218 daily.
Middleburg set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 5 February 1941.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 546 records.

Record Map

227 stations

227 station records on 5 February 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rivers Inlet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberly-de Beers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yalpunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bethanga Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

227 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 41, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 February 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	41
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 February 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 218.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1941

Top 20 records on 5 February 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1941	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1941	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	all-time low max	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1941	Perdeberg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1941	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1941	Astoria, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Rivers Inlet, CA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Awini 182.1, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Strydenberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Gavle, SE	daily low min	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Vashon Island, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily low max	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	45 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Cedar Lake, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Kimberly-de Beers, ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	45 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Soldier Creek Adm Site, US	monthly high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1941	Cut Bank AP, US	monthly high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	21 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1941. 1941 had 227 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 1941-02-05: 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 20	176
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1