Weather Records on 5 October 1934

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1934. Highest significance: Umea, SE.

Key Facts for 5 October 1934

On 5 October 1934, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 223 daily.
Umea set a daily record precipitation of 46.6 mm (1.8 in) on 5 October 1934.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 5 October 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mawphlang Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 92.

Records on 5 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 223.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1934

Top 20 records on 5 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1934	Umea, SE	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Montgomery Wb City, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Tarnaby, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Dalu, IN	monthly rain	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Shillong, IN	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Gingee, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Tuskegee, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Damra, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Wallajah, IN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Tura, IN	monthly rain	264.2 mm (10.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1934	Mawphlang Obsy, IN	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1934	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1934	Yates Hydro Plt, US	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	29 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

1795 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 237 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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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 20	156
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1