Weather Records on 5 February 2006

833 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2006. Highest significance: Millington 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 5 February 2006

On 5 February 2006, 833 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 801 daily.
Millington 3 SE set a daily record snowfall of 21.6 cm (8.5 in) on 5 February 2006.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

833 stations

833 station records on 5 February 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union Village Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sebewaing	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hildre	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indianapolis SE Side	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffumville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fana - Stend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eikanger - Myr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perrine 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.6 C (112.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.6 C (-35.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vero Beach 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Opheim 12 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

833 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 64, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 5 February 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	64
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 5 February 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

667 broken records

Margins by which the 667 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 2006

Top 20 records on 5 February 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2006	Millington 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	98 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2006	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2006	Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Bergen/Flesland, NO	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Belfast, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Lapeer Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Gaylord, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.5 C (79.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Maun, BW	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	San Angelo, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Anderson 1 N, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	0.6 cm (0.2 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Saint Johns, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Waverly, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Union Village Dam, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Grayling, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2006	Saginaw #3, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	20 years	38 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2006. 2006 had 833 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 2006-02-05: 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	621
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1