Weather Records on 5 February 2024

803 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2024. Highest significance: U C L A, US.

Key Facts for 5 February 2024

On 5 February 2024, 803 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
460 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 781 daily.
U C L A set an all-time record daily precipitation of 264.2 mm (10.4 in) on 5 February 2024.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

803 stations

803 station records on 5 February 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	96 of 100 (Exceptional)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Aspendell	United States	Record daily snowfall	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Minden	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bedourie Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Norton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Portola	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
March AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Van	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tibooburra (Fort Grey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Victorville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Desert Rock AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orientos Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Kayrunnera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salsipuedes Gaging STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pearblossom	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Hillwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Rvr Vly - Orovada 26NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

803 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 295, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 February 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	295
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 February 2024 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 18, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

688 broken records

Margins by which the 688 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 544.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 2024

Top 20 records on 5 February 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2024	U C L A, US	all-time rain	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	90 years	96 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 February 2024	Culver City, US	all-time rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 February 2024	San Gabriel Canyon Ph, US	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Aspendell, US	daily snowfall	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	54.4 cm (21.4 in)	108 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Pasadena, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Minden, US	monthly snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	86 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Bedourie Police Station, AU	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Norton Dam, US	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Cachuma Lake, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Portola, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	85 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	March AFB, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Gibraltar Dam #2, US	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Palmdale AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Pinnacles Np, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Van, TR	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2024	Tibooburra (Fort Grey), AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2024	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2024	Minden, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	101 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2024	Juncal Dam, US	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	76 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2024. 2024 had 803 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 2024-02-05: 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	672
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1