Weather Records on 5 February 1956

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1956. Highest significance: Plainview, US.

Key Facts for 5 February 1956

On 5 February 1956, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 435 daily.
Plainview set an all-time record snow depth of 76.2 cm (30.0 in) on 5 February 1956.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 5 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plainview	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Klaarstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lovington 2 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Majhgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-29.6 C (-21.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 5 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 5 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 10, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

380 broken records

Margins by which the 380 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1956

Top 20 records on 5 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1956	Plainview, US	all-time snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	26 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1956	Klaarstroom (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1956	Vega 2NW, US	all-time snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1956	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Healy, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	St John's, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	West Quarter, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Parlakimedi, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Redford, AU	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Canadian, US	all-time snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Sheohar, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Ottawa, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Spearman, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Barry, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Ismailia, EG	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Riva, IT	daily low min	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1956	Spearman, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1956. 1956 had 450 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 1956-02-05: 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 100	369
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1