Weather Records on 5 February 2023

298 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2023. Highest significance: Longzhou, CN.

Key Facts for 5 February 2023

On 5 February 2023, 298 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 292 daily.
Longzhou set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 5 February 2023.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

298 stations

298 station records on 5 February 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Gen Aviation AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Alto Intl	Bolivia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Island AWS	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aiea Hts 764.6	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mirambeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edgartown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Island AWS	New Zealand	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longerenong	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Juan Santamaria Intl	Costa Rica	Record low minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shell	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit City AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Visitors Centre	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Urdzhar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arnold	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colton	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Express AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Griffith Airport AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Alto Intl	Bolivia	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perrine 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Falls Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norristown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baitag	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

298 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 5 February 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 5 February 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 292.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

236 broken records

Margins by which the 236 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 2023

Top 20 records on 5 February 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2023	Longzhou, CN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Miami Intl AP, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Hyannis, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	127 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Homestead Gen Aviation AP, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Royal Palm Rs, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Madison, US	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Stevensville 2SW, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	El Alto Intl, BO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	Campbell Island AWS, NZ	all-time high max	21.2 C (70.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2023	E Wareham, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 2023	Manila, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 2023	Phetchabun, TH	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 2023	Nakhon Sawan, TH	daily low max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 2023	So Entrance Yosemite Np, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	75 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 2023	Aiea Hts 764.6, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 2023	Mangalore Airport, AU	daily low min	6.8 C (44.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 February 2023	Phetchabun, TH	daily low max	27.4 C (81.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 298 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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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	223
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1