Weather Records on 5 February 1968

256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1968. Highest significance: Tenosique (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 5 February 1968

On 5 February 1968, 256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 251 daily.
Tenosique (Smn) set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 5 February 1968.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

256 stations

256 station records on 5 February 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Erlistoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-55.0 C (-67.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oliveira Dos Brejinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-53.9 C (-65.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagaur (Nagore )	India	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ikej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita de Cassia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-50.0 C (-58.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Weld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clouds Creek State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tulun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Alexandre (Voturuna)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Resolution A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yandal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

256 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 5 February 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 5 February 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 251.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

209 broken records

Margins by which the 209 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1968

Top 20 records on 5 February 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1968	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1968	Belle Isle, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1968	Estancia, BR	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1968	Erlistoun, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1968	Bidyadanga, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Belle Isle, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Fajardo, PR	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Lankeys Creek (Woodridge), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	monthly high min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	San Sebastian - Igueldo, ES	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Fredonia, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Mtn View 91, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Ketchikan AP, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Fort McPherson, CA	monthly low min	-55.0 C (-67.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco, MX	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Vasilevici, BY	daily high max	5.7 C (42.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Oliveira Dos Brejinhos, BR	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 1968	Huichapan, MX	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	22 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1968. 1968 had 256 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 20	195
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1