Weather Records on 5 February 1931

292 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1931. Highest significance: Maryborough, AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 1931

On 5 February 1931, 292 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 246 daily.
Maryborough set an all-time record daily precipitation of 359.9 mm (14.2 in) on 5 February 1931.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

292 stations

292 station records on 5 February 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	359.9 mm (14.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	353.1 mm (13.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	446.8 mm (17.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	344.9 mm (13.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	371.9 mm (14.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	297.7 mm (11.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	277.9 mm (10.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	276.9 mm (10.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	287.3 mm (11.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	262.4 mm (10.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.8 mm (10.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	265.9 mm (10.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mayne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	398.5 mm (15.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	375.4 mm (14.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkenba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

292 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 February 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 February 1931 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 37, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 308.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1931

Top 20 records on 5 February 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1931	Maryborough, AU	all-time rain	359.9 mm (14.2 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1931	Millaquin Sugar, AU	all-time rain	353.1 mm (13.9 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	38 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1931	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	all-time rain	446.8 mm (17.6 in)	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	38 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1931	Caloundra Signal Station, AU	all-time rain	344.9 mm (13.6 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	21 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1931	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	monthly rain	371.9 mm (14.6 in)	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1931	Mungar Junction, AU	monthly rain	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1931	Goodwood Rail STN, AU	monthly rain	297.7 mm (11.7 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Howard Post Office, AU	monthly rain	277.9 mm (10.9 in)	173.3 mm (6.8 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Pialba Post Office, AU	monthly rain	276.9 mm (10.9 in)	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Tewantin Post Office, AU	monthly rain	281.9 mm (11.1 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Laidley Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	St Helena Island, AU	daily rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Lowood Don St, AU	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Bald Hills Post Office, AU	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Toombul Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	301.0 mm (11.9 in)	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1931	Cooroy Composite, AU	monthly rain	287.3 mm (11.3 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	50 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1931. 1931 had 292 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 1931-02-05: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	188
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1