Weather Records on 5 November 1942

446 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1942. Highest significance: Mather 3 NW, US.

Key Facts for 5 November 1942

On 5 November 1942, 446 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 433 daily.
Mather 3 NW set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 5 November 1942.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

446 stations

446 station records on 5 November 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rivers Inlet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fernbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

446 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1942

Top 20 records on 5 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1942	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1942	Gormandale East, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1942	Stratford, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1942	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1942	Traralgon, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1942	Bushy Park, AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1942	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1942	Koyah, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Masset Airport, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Caguas, PR	monthly low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Mena, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Calvin, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Burnet, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Heidelberg (Rosanna), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1942	Sairang, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	31 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1942. 1942 had 446 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 20	339
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2