Weather Records on 5 February 1980

756 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1980. Highest significance: Arnsberg, DE.

Key Facts for 5 February 1980

On 5 February 1980, 756 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 740 daily.
Arnsberg set a daily record precipitation of 38.8 mm (1.5 in) on 5 February 1980.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

756 stations

756 station records on 5 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ipiau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Terezinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid-Lennep	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malhada de Pedras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Telemon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.7 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ines	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleview 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ludenscheid (Zeppelin-Gymnasiu	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maracas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dortmund	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City Perry Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itajuipe (Piranji)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aracatu (Sao Pedro)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fisk	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

756 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 223, Heaviest daily snowfall 192, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 5 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	192
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 5 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1980

Top 20 records on 5 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1980	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1980	Mansfield, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1980	Poplar Bluff, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Pocahontas 1, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Ipiau, BR	monthly rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Eslohe, DE	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Steelville 2 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Palmas de Monte Alto, BR	daily rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Santa Terezinha, BR	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Remscheid-Lennep, DE	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Malhada de Pedras, BR	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Licking 4N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Jequie, BR	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Summersville 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Telemon Station, AU	daily rain	118.7 mm (4.7 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Warrnambool Downs, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Corozal Substn, PR	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1980	Santa Ines, BR	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1980. 1980 had 756 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 1980-02-05: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 February 1980
Margin	Records
0 to 100	607
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1