Weather Records on 5 May 1948

671 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1948. Highest significance: Willunga, AU.

Key Facts for 5 May 1948

On 5 May 1948, 671 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 662 daily.
Willunga set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 5 May 1948.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

671 stations

671 station records on 5 May 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

671 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 561, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 May 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	561
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 May 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 662.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

611 broken records

Margins by which the 611 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1948

Top 20 records on 5 May 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1948	Willunga, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1948	Orroroo, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1948	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1948	Wirrabara, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Penneshaw, AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Elliston, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Colton (Boola Boola), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Gulnare, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Burra (Kooringa), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Moonta, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1948	Brinkworth, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	52 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1948. 1948 had 671 records.

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

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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Data for records on 1948-05-05: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	610
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1