Weather Records on 5 February 2008

2,428 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 February 2008. Highest significance: Daandine, AU.

Key Facts for 5 February 2008

On 5 February 2008, 2,428 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,435 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 142 monthly and 2,279 daily.
Daandine set an all-time record daily precipitation of 294.6 mm (11.6 in) on 5 February 2008.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 531 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 5 February 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 February 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Daandine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	294.6 mm (11.6 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moberly	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coolabah (Branglebar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hereward	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mowbullan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woolmoor (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lillingstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orama (Darkwood Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Windang Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.8 mm (8.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Purdue UNIV AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alamosa-Bergman Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Express AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,428 records

Records set or tied on 5 February 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 745, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 690, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 614, Heaviest daily snowfall 99, Deepest snow cover 101.

Records on 5 February 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	745
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	690
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	614
Heaviest daily snowfall	99
Deepest snow cover	101

Records on 5 February 2008 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 142, daily 2,279.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,011 broken records

Margins by which the 2,011 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 864.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 February 2008

Top 20 records on 5 February 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 February 2008	Daandine, AU	all-time rain	294.6 mm (11.6 in)	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	48 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 February 2008	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 February 2008	Kenton, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2008	Chain of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2008	Council, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2008	Shawneetown Old Town, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	86 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2008	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2008	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	110 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2008	Ft Wayne Intl AP, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2008	Evansville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2008	Greensburg, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 February 2008	Rockville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2008	Pandora, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2008	Rushville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2008	Le Roy, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2008	Vichy Rolla Natl AP, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2008	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2008	Moberly, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2008	Coolabah (Branglebar), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 February 2008	Alfred, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	55 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2008. 2008 had 2,428 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2008-02-05: 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 200	1,988
200 to 400	20
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1