Weather Records on 5 February 1960

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1960. Highest significance: Mount Narryer, AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 1960

On 5 February 1960, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 513 daily.
Mount Narryer set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 5 February 1960.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 5 February 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Old Cunyu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madoonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yalbalgo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Doolgunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marrilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah USDA Plt Gd	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 5 February 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 5 February 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1960

Top 20 records on 5 February 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1960	Mount Narryer, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Marion, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Rainbow Lake, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Old Cunyu, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Lenoir, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Gascoyne Junction, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Lindsborg 3E, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Madoonga, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Punta Gorda, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Annean, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Nungarin, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Newton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Hana 354, US	all-time low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Boolathana, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Fellsmere 7 SSW, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1960	Asheboro 2 W, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 520 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1960-02-05: 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	343
20 to 40	57
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2