Weather Records on 5 October 1949

562 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1949. Highest significance: Hot Springs 1 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 1949

On 5 October 1949, 562 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 538 daily.
Hot Springs 1 NNE set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 5 October 1949.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

562 stations

562 station records on 5 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mascotte Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuerindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coongoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bunna Bunna Woolshed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

562 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 430, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 5 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	430
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1949

Top 20 records on 5 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1949	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1949	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1949	Conway, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1949	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	May Vale, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Mascotte Station, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Burindi, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Beulah, AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Prescott 2 NNW, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Boolcarrol, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Camden 1, US	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Dumas, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Marianna 2 S, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Farmerville, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Rowena (Bunna Bunna), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1949	Burren Junction (Hastings Stre, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	44 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 562 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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Data for records on 1949-10-05: 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 20	442
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2