Weather Records on 5 October 1951

541 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1951. Highest significance: Bauhinia Downs Store, AU.

Key Facts for 5 October 1951

On 5 October 1951, 541 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
325 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 485 daily.
Bauhinia Downs Store set a daily record precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 5 October 1951.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

541 stations

541 station records on 5 October 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sialsuk	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crofton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rainworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
James Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

541 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 224, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 October 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	224
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 October 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 55, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1951

Top 20 records on 5 October 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1951	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1951	Julesburg, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Waterdale, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Idaho Springs, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Grover 10 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Sialsuk, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Crofton, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Pet Jorhat, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Pine Bluffs, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Hamilton, CA	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Idaho Springs, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Boulder, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Grover 10 W, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Saanichton Cda, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Everett, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1951	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	34 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1951. 1951 had 541 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1951-10-05: 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	349
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2