Weather Records on 5 February 1957

607 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1957. Highest significance: Rawsonville (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 5 February 1957

On 5 February 1957, 607 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 589 daily.
Rawsonville (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 43.8 mm (1.7 in) on 5 February 1957.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

607 stations

607 station records on 5 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garrah (Wirringulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Totara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

607 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 5 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 5 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 589.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 287.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1957

Top 20 records on 5 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1957	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Eulo Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Heron 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Saint Maries, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Ada, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	15.8 C (60.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Baseri, IN	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Kellogg, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Virden, CA	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Winifred, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Harrison, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1957	Garah Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1957	Garrah (Wirringulla), AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1957	Bonners Ferry, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1957	Muckadilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1957	Porthill, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	33 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 607 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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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	479
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1