Weather Records on 5 November 1936

453 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1936. Highest significance: Powell Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 5 November 1936

On 5 November 1936, 453 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 298 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 448 daily.
Powell Creek set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 5 November 1936.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

453 stations

453 station records on 5 November 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mauzy	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herrs Island Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chitvel	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

453 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 174, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 5 November 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	174
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 5 November 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1936

Top 20 records on 5 November 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1936	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Mauzy, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Avon, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Brookville, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Point Pleasant, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Acmetonia Lock 3, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Parkers Landing, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Weston, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Tiruvangadi, IN	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1936	Bancroft, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1936	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1936	Glenville, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1936	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1936	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1936	Port Arthur, CA	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1936	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	30 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1936. 1936 had 453 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 100	352
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1