Weather Records on 5 February 1961

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1961. Highest significance: Crateus, BR.

Key Facts for 5 February 1961

On 5 February 1961, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 675 daily.
Crateus set a daily record precipitation of 98.2 mm (3.9 in) on 5 February 1961.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 5 February 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitsett 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Korana "Xorana"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vlakkloof Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minneola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 138, Deepest snow cover 91.

Records on 5 February 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	138
Deepest snow cover	91

Records on 5 February 1961 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 16, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

600 broken records

Margins by which the 600 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1961

Top 20 records on 5 February 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1961	Crateus, BR	daily rain	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Belvidere, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Sussex 1 NW, US	all-time snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Whitsett 3 SW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Karnes City 2N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Gatesville, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Elmira, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Goliad, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Mmabatho Arpt, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Kingsville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Uran, IN	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Hardwick, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Bridgehampton, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	George School, US	all-time snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1961	Medicine Lodge, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	61 years	44 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 711 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 1961-02-05: 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	563
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	2