Weather Records on 5 February 1998

991 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1998. Highest significance: Ponce 4 E, PR.

Key Facts for 5 February 1998

On 5 February 1998, 991 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 913 daily.
Ponce 4 E set a daily record precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 5 February 1998.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

991 stations

991 station records on 5 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Berea College	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mathews 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Upper Marlboro 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cayey 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charlestown 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berea 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfather Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coamo 2 SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burdine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morovis 1 N	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

991 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 174, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 120, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 5 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	174
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	120
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 5 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 64, daily 913.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

826 broken records

Margins by which the 826 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1998

Top 20 records on 5 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1998	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Aibonito 1 S, PR	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	63 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Berea College, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	90 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Kings Mills, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	92 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Falmouth, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	87 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	92 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Mathews 4 SE, US	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Sabana Grande 2 ENE, PR	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Scottsburg, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	92 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Upper Marlboro 3 NNW, US	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1998	Madison Sewage Plt, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1998	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1998	Lajas Substn, PR	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1998	Cayey 1 E, PR	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1998	Purcellville, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1998	Corozal Substn, PR	monthly rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	55 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 991 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 100	790
100 to 200	30
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1