Weather Records on 5 February 1992

562 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1992. Highest significance: Broke (Harrowby), AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 1992

On 5 February 1992, 562 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 544 daily.
Broke (Harrowby) set a daily record precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 5 February 1992.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

562 stations

562 station records on 5 February 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yarras (Yarrowell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piedras Blancas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Poitrel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pitangueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Sentry Box)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Murta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quandialla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Retreat (Barcoo River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aratichanguio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Mandacaru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Ecatepec	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banchory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsborough Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha (Craigdarroch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ibitiuva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corinna	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fishs Eddy	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha (Emu Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

562 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 5 February 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 5 February 1992 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

470 broken records

Margins by which the 470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1992

Top 20 records on 5 February 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1992	Broke (Harrowby), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Cangucu, BR	daily rain	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Jasper, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Yarras (Yarrowell), AU	daily rain	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Glen Morrison (Millbank), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Piedras Blancas, MX	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Noondoonia, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Ellerston (Poitrel), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Pitangueiras, BR	daily rain	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Everglades, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Colina, BR	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Skaneateles, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Broke (Sentry Box), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Carrera Larga, MX	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Belfast, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1992	Coronel Murta, BR	all-time rain	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	37 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1992. 1992 had 562 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 25	433
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1