Weather Records on 5 February 2021

758 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2021. Highest significance: Edaggee, AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 2021

On 5 February 2021, 758 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 740 daily.
Edaggee set a daily record precipitation of 57.0 mm (2.2 in) on 5 February 2021.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

758 stations

758 station records on 5 February 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edaggee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Parndana (Pioneer Bend)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Turkey Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cabramurra Smhea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jimba Jimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wahroonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leuchars	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steuben	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
American River (Redbanks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Germain	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindbergh Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bay 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chimoio	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zilair	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

758 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 83, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 5 February 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	83
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 5 February 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

665 broken records

Margins by which the 665 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 2021

Top 20 records on 5 February 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2021	Edaggee, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2021	Parndana (Pioneer Bend), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2021	Denham, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2021	Carnarvon Airport, AU	all-time rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Hillwood (Hillwoodville), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Callagiddy Station, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	111 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	138 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Shimla, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	120 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Jundah Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	122 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	131 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Seeley Lake Rs, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Parndana (Turkey Lane), AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Fraser, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	114 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Willow Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Carey Downs, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2021	Cabramurra Smhea, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	10 years	49 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2021. 2021 had 758 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 2021-02-05: 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	584
25 to 50	42
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	10
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1