Weather Records on 5 February 2015

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2015. Highest significance: Sulitjelma, NO.

Key Facts for 5 February 2015

On 5 February 2015, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
494 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 740 daily.
Sulitjelma set a daily record precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 5 February 2015.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 5 February 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bigelow Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canal Pt USDA	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vernonia #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Thompson Lake	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oued Irara	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kettleman City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newark	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Powers	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Banos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeland Linder Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gudermes	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lulea Flygplats	Sweden	Record snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo 17 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mangut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Vas Na Blokah	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 271, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 5 February 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	271
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 5 February 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

608 broken records

Margins by which the 608 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 2015

Top 20 records on 5 February 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2015	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Machias, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Tejon Rancho, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Titusville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	McDermitt, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Evanston 1 E, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Sexton Summit, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Milford, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Eureka, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Babuskin, RU	daily high max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	128 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Mojave, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	N Fk Rs, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Paisley, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2015	Bigelow Camp, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	41 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2015. 2015 had 768 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 2015-02-05: 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	593
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1