Weather Records on 5 November 1922

88 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1922. Highest significance: Somerset East, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 November 1922

On 5 November 1922, 88 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 81 daily.
Somerset East set an all-time record daily precipitation of 149.1 mm (5.9 in) on 5 November 1922.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

88 stations

88 station records on 5 November 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

88 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 35, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 November 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 November 1922 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 81.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

74 broken records

Margins by which the 74 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1922

Top 20 records on 5 November 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1922	Somerset East, ZA	all-time rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1922	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1922	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1922	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1922	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1922	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1922	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1922	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1922	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1922	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Middleton (Sar), ZA	all-time rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high max	16.9 C (62.4 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Escanaba, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Culbertson, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1922	Kamferskraal, ZA	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	20 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

1801 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1922. 1922 had 88 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	58
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1