Weather Records on 5 February 1991

1,765 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1991. Highest significance: Nampula, MZ.

Key Facts for 5 February 1991

On 5 February 1991, 1,765 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,304 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,739 daily.
Nampula set an all-time record daily precipitation of 394.0 mm (15.5 in) on 5 February 1991.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

1,765 stations

1,765 station records on 5 February 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nampula	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	394.0 mm (15.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Las Animas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fermoy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Garden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pot-the-Red	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Byhalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alcoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barnganal Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wandoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.2 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,765 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 772, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 532, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 347, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 February 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	772
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	532
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	347
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 February 1991 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 1,739.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,458 broken records

Margins by which the 1,458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 193.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1991

Top 20 records on 5 February 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1991	Nampula, MZ	all-time rain	394.0 mm (15.5 in)	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	20 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1991	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1991	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1991	Las Animas, MX	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Richmond, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Fermoy, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Hamburg, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Paso de San Antonio, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Durham Downs, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Fort Cunynghame (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	The Garden, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Anahuac, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Pot-the-Red, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1991	Cortland, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	81 years	46 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1991. 1991 had 1,765 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 1991-02-05: 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 25	1,407
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1