Weather Records on 5 February 1973

854 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 1973. Highest significance: Torquay, AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 1973

On 5 February 1973, 854 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 816 daily.
Torquay set an all-time record daily precipitation of 115.8 mm (4.6 in) on 5 February 1973.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

854 stations

854 station records on 5 February 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Torquay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Needles Eye (Ventnor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Murrayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Koomooloo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.4 mm (8.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bend(Wissel Rode)	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Yalpara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taldra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrappa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

854 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 648, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 February 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	648
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 February 1973 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 26, daily 816.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

789 broken records

Margins by which the 789 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 1973

Top 20 records on 5 February 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 1973	Torquay, AU	all-time rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Needles Eye (Ventnor), AU	all-time rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Cowes, AU	all-time rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	89 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Mintaro, AU	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Murrayville, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Glenorchy, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Ventnor (Oaklands), AU	all-time rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Yunta (Paratoo), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Antwerp, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 1973	Narridy Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1973	Eversley, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1973	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1973	Moutajup, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1973	Pinnaroo, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 1973	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	58 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1973. 1973 had 854 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 1973-02-05: 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	769
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1