Weather Records on 5 November 1957

452 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1957. Highest significance: Gainesville, US.

Key Facts for 5 November 1957

On 5 November 1957, 452 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 432 daily.
Gainesville set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 5 November 1957.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

452 stations

452 station records on 5 November 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	297.2 mm (11.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	378.7 mm (14.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	254.5 mm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pafuri	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maasbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corowa (Ringwood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dharapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

452 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 November 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 November 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 432.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 201.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1957

Top 20 records on 5 November 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1957	Gainesville, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Honey Grove, US	monthly rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Tada, IN	daily rain	297.2 mm (11.7 in)	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Ootacamund Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Rapur, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	133.3 mm (5.2 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Sullurpet, IN	all-time rain	378.7 mm (14.9 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Chandragiri, IN	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Stamford 1, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Krishnapatnam, IN	daily rain	254.5 mm (10.0 in)	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Arthur City, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Bonham 3NNE, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Bridgewater (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Hagansport, US	all-time rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Perinthalamanna, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Haskell, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Paris, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1957	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	37 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

1801 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1957. 1957 had 452 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 50	364
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1