Weather Records on 5 February 1952

453 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1952. Highest significance: Oorlogshoek, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 February 1952

On 5 February 1952, 453 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 448 daily.
Oorlogshoek set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 5 February 1952.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

453 stations

453 station records on 5 February 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oorlogshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Geelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sweetwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Niekerkshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

453 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 5 February 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 5 February 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

377 broken records

Margins by which the 377 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1952

Top 20 records on 5 February 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1952	Oorlogshoek, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1952	Geelkop, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1952	Gannapan, ZA	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1952	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1952	Collegeville, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1952	Esperanza, ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Quebec, CA	daily high min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Wildeperdehoek, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Bamfield, CA	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	La Malbaie, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Winburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Spitskrans, ZA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	61 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Plainfield, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Bedford Hills, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Sweetwater, ZA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Bowman, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1952	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	27 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 453 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 1952-02-05: 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	346
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1