Weather Records on 5 February 2020

1,050 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2020. Highest significance: Hebgen Dam, US.

Key Facts for 5 February 2020

On 5 February 2020, 1,050 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
359 were record highs and 249 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 990 daily.
Hebgen Dam set a daily record snowfall of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 5 February 2020.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

1,050 stations

1,050 station records on 5 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
County Line	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Guthrie	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aursund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
La Grande	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Reservoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Starr Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Big Spring	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Sand Pt WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leinstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stugudal - Kasen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emigrant Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eilertson Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
John Day	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bourne	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meacham	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor Green	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,050 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 279, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 299, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 64.

Records on 5 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	279
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	64

Records on 5 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 51, daily 990.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

876 broken records

Margins by which the 876 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 2020

Top 20 records on 5 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2020	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Coupeville 1 S, US	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	120 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Hebgen Dam, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Palmer 3 ESE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	County Line, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Boaz, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Guthrie, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Loksmyr, NO	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Long Creek, US	monthly snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Cleveland Fltr Plt, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2020	Aspermont, US	monthly snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2020	Odessa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2020	Malmagen, SE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2020	Big Spring, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2020	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2020	Hustadvatn, NO	monthly rain	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2020	Aursund, NO	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2020	La Grande, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2020	Arlington, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	55 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 1,050 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 2020-02-05: 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	804
50 to 100	59
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1