Weather Records on 5 November 1955

416 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1955. Highest significance: Tarkastad (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 5 November 1955

On 5 November 1955, 416 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 408 daily.
Tarkastad (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 5 November 1955.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

416 stations

416 station records on 5 November 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emgcewe (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nququ (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

416 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 November 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 November 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 408.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1955

Top 20 records on 5 November 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1955	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	The Cliff, ZA	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Provincetown 3 NW, US	monthly rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Uccle, BE	daily high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	120 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Groton, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Mansfield, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Cream Hill, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1955	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1955	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1955	Avoca, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1955	Blue Hill Coop, US	monthly rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1955	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1955	Mqanduli (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1955	Lake Konomoc, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	33 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1955. 1955 had 416 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	302
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1