Weather Records on 5 February 1953

459 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1953. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 5 February 1953

On 5 February 1953, 459 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 453 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record snow depth of 29.0 cm (11.4 in) on 5 February 1953.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

459 stations

459 station records on 5 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narrung (Yalkuri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waramain	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

459 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 5 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 5 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 453.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1953

Top 20 records on 5 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1953	Brookings, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1953	Mundoora, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1953	Gore Bay, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1953	Port Orford 2, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1953	White Cliffs (Tongo), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1953	Grant City, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1953	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Huelva, ES	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Woomera (Purple Downs), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Iron Knob, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	62 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Boolcoomatta, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Siam, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Hedley, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Narrung (Yalkuri), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Waramain, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1953	Saguache, US	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	46 years	25 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 459 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 1953-02-05: 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	345
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2