Weather Records on 5 October 1950

466 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1950. Highest significance: Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR.

Key Facts for 5 October 1950

On 5 October 1950, 466 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 462 daily.
Sao Miguel Dos Campos set a daily record precipitation of 41.6 mm (1.6 in) on 5 October 1950.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

466 stations

466 station records on 5 October 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pereiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olds	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elida	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

466 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 5 October 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1950

Top 20 records on 5 October 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1950	Sao Miguel Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1950	Pereiro, BR	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1950	Lillooet, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1950	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1950	Wartook Reservoir, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1950	Escada, BR	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1950	Olds, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1950	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1950	Goombungee Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Elida, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Olga 2 SE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Alturas, US	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	The Dalles, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Kattumavadi, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1950	Willapa Harbor, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	27 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1950. 1950 had 466 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	382
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1