Weather Records on 5 February 1974

443 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1974. Highest significance: Bordeaux-Merignac, FR.

Key Facts for 5 February 1974

On 5 February 1974, 443 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 433 daily.
Bordeaux-Merignac set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 5 February 1974.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 544 records.

Record Map

443 stations

443 station records on 5 February 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bingham Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chorrocho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oderen	France	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guarabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Five Mile Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Tome	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Malhada da Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shearwater A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Varzea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ibiapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo Do Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Serrita (Serrinha)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belem de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

443 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 214, Heaviest daily snowfall 112, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 February 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	112
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 February 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 239.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1974

Top 20 records on 5 February 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1974	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1974	Bingham Canyon, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Catus, FR	monthly rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Chorrocho, BR	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Ogden Pioneer Ph, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Yoder 5 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Charlottetown A, CA	daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	23.3 cm (9.2 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Oderen, FR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Lyman, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	West Bend, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Guarabira, BR	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Elk City 1NE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Tashkent, UZ	daily low max	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Charlottetown A, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Driggs, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1974	Five Mile Lake, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	18 years	35 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1974. 1974 had 443 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 February 1974
Margin	Records
0 to 50	340
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3