Weather Records on 5 February 2010

1,422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2010. Highest significance: York Haven, US.

Key Facts for 5 February 2010

On 5 February 2010, 1,422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 1,342 daily.
York Haven set a monthly record daily precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 5 February 2010.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

1,422 stations

1,422 station records on 5 February 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily snowfall	51.3 cm (20.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hacienda la Y	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Joquicingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Melvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whitlands (Burder's Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Brockman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tlapehuala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tribsees	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Llano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Pevensey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arkona	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Calera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna del Fresno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville Albemarle AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caramut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Botkinburg 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boizenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caseta Epcca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Molyullah (Killanoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Tepetitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosman	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Myrrhee (Joelyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,422 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 140, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 691, Heaviest daily snowfall 164, Deepest snow cover 155.

Records on 5 February 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	140
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	691
Heaviest daily snowfall	164
Deepest snow cover	155

Records on 5 February 2010 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 73, daily 1,342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,189 broken records

Margins by which the 1,189 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 440.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 2010

Top 20 records on 5 February 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2010	York Haven, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	85 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 February 2010	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 February 2010	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Willaura (Main Street), AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	McKeesport, US	monthly snowfall	51.3 cm (20.2 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	49 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Hacienda la Y, MX	all-time rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Hatfield (Clare), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	128 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge), MX	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Joquicingo, MX	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Princess Anne, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	87 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Lynch, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Harrisonville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Melvin, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2010	Whitlands (Burder's Lane), AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2010	Encinal, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2010	Lake Bolac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2010	Dover, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2010	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2010. 2010 had 1,422 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 2010-02-05: 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	1,130
100 to 200	48
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1