Weather Records on 5 February 1959

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1959. Highest significance: Canon City, US.

Key Facts for 5 February 1959

On 5 February 1959, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 327 daily.
Canon City set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 5 February 1959.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 5 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karunagapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mamit Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarks Siding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 5 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 5 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

277 broken records

Margins by which the 277 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1959

Top 20 records on 5 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1959	Canon City, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Penrose, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Greenville, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Sao Miguel, BR	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Thiruvalla, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	all-time rain	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Mavelikara, IN	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Tindivanam, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Kumbhakonam, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	all-time snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Quilon Pwd, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1959	Ovando, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	37 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 340 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 25	225
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	3