Weather Records on 5 February 2004

1,724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2004. Highest significance: Franklin Sewage Plt, US.

Key Facts for 5 February 2004

On 5 February 2004, 1,724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
820 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 123 monthly and 1,588 daily.
Franklin Sewage Plt set a daily record precipitation of 94.7 mm (3.7 in) on 5 February 2004.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

1,724 stations

1,724 station records on 5 February 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Qulin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceburg Filt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shiptons Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.8 mm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,724 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 415, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 405, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 426, Heaviest daily snowfall 213, Deepest snow cover 175.

Records on 5 February 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	415
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	405
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	426
Heaviest daily snowfall	213
Deepest snow cover	175

Records on 5 February 2004 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 123, daily 1,588.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,493 broken records

Margins by which the 1,493 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 2004

Top 20 records on 5 February 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2004	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 February 2004	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	98 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	University, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	Athens, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	Ida Grove 5NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	98 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	Smith Ctr, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	Helena, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	106 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	Ripley, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	94 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	Qulin, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	98 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2004	Pinson, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2004	Flagler 1S, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2004	Walthill 1E, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2004	Mt Pleasant, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2004	London Corbin AP, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2004	Nashville Intl AP, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2004	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2004	Moulton 2, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2004	Tecumseh 1W, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 years	57 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2004. 2004 had 1,724 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 2004-02-05: 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 100	1,425
100 to 200	61
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1