Weather Records on 5 February 2009

803 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2009. Highest significance: Postmasburg, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 February 2009

On 5 February 2009, 803 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
410 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 771 daily.
Postmasburg set a daily record precipitation of 69.1 mm (2.7 in) on 5 February 2009.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

803 stations

803 station records on 5 February 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	360.2 mm (14.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher View Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	318.0 mm (12.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys 3 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Francistown	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bintulu	Malaysia	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Molino	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Misurata	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Izucar de Matamoros (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record low maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okeechobee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.9 C (114.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nalut	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Estancia	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Guadalupe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

803 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 267, Lowest daily maximum 137, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 5 February 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	267
Lowest daily maximum	137
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 5 February 2009 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 771.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 2009

Top 20 records on 5 February 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2009	Postmasburg, ZA	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2009	Comondu, MX	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Legaspi, PH	monthly rain	360.2 mm (14.2 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	St. Brandon (St. Ra, MU	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Fletcher View Station, AU	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Sandakan, MY	daily rain	318.0 mm (12.5 in)	155.9 mm (6.1 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Wewahitchka, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Wetumpka, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Hazlehurst, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Federal Pt, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low max	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	St Marys 3 W, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Philippi, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Kisinev, MD	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Saint Paul, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Warsaw, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Cleveland, US	all-time snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2009	Hazlehurst, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	74 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2009. 2009 had 803 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 2009-02-05: 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 50	577
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1