Weather Records on 5 February 1955

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1955. Highest significance: Jeanerette 5 NW, US.

Key Facts for 5 February 1955

On 5 February 1955, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 539 daily.
Jeanerette 5 NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 172.7 mm (6.8 in) on 5 February 1955.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 5 February 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Columinjuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tootra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pakur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Wier	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 84, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 5 February 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	84
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 5 February 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 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 1955

Top 20 records on 5 February 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1955	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1955	Woodville 4 ESE, US	monthly rain	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1955	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1955	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1955	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Columinjuba, BR	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Cuero, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Brenham, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Sabinal, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	De Ridder, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Tootra, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Marianna 2 S, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Manhattan, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Maquoketa, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Elizabeth, US	monthly rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Hammond, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1955	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	40 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 556 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 1955-02-05: 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 50	450
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1