Weather Records on 5 February 1954

666 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1954. Highest significance: Gindie State Farm, AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 1954

On 5 February 1954, 666 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
412 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 648 daily.
Gindie State Farm set an all-time record daily precipitation of 203.7 mm (8.0 in) on 5 February 1954.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

666 stations

666 station records on 5 February 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	261.1 mm (10.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hansi	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kairana	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ballabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sampla	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khol	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaithal	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bhiwani	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Telemon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmac Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kuakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karnal	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhainswal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Old Banchory Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rewari	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gohana	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

666 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 February 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 February 1954 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 648.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1954

Top 20 records on 5 February 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1954	Gindie State Farm, AU	all-time rain	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1954	Arcturus Downs, AU	all-time rain	261.1 mm (10.3 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1954	Kotarh, IN	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Hansi, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Samrala, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Kairana, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Sohana, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Ballabgarh, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Rajgarh, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Sampla, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Sonepat, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Gurgaon, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Panipat, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Sapphire Post Office, AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Hissar, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Khol, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Hissar, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Lands End Station, AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1954	Kaithal, IN	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	41 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 666 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 1954-02-05: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	493
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1