Weather Records on 5 February 1983

815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1983. Highest significance: Sao Caetano, BR.

Key Facts for 5 February 1983

On 5 February 1983, 815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 783 daily.
Sao Caetano set a daily record precipitation of 64.4 mm (2.5 in) on 5 February 1983.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

815 stations

815 station records on 5 February 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sao Caetano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flashman Twr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Currais Novos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flashman Twr	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carter Twr	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rifle	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Oriente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lukachukai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dolores	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altus Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

815 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 159, Deepest snow cover 145.

Records on 5 February 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	159
Deepest snow cover	145

Records on 5 February 1983 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 23, daily 783.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

654 broken records

Margins by which the 654 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1983

Top 20 records on 5 February 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1983	Sao Caetano, BR	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1983	Anadarko 3 E, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Guangzhou, CN	monthly rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Hope 3 NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Mancos 1SW, US	daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Flashman Twr, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Cedro, BR	daily rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Port-Gentil, GA	daily rain	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Pine Bluff, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	McPherson, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	San Jon, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Mena, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Calvin, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Stuttgart, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Chapman, US	all-time snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Carnegie 5 NE, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Tuskahoma, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Currais Novos, BR	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1983	Umari, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	43 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1983. 1983 had 815 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 1983-02-05: 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 50	537
50 to 100	88
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1