Weather Records on 5 May 1961

644 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1961. Highest significance: Yates Ctr, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 1961

On 5 May 1961, 644 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 238 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 602 daily.
Yates Ctr set a daily record precipitation of 88.6 mm (3.5 in) on 5 May 1961.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

644 stations

644 station records on 5 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Itaberaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ladania	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

644 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

515 broken records

Margins by which the 515 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1961

Top 20 records on 5 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1961	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1961	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Caplinger Mills, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Norwich, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Polson, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Saint Ignatius, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Libby 1 NE Rs, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Beatrice, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Pleasant Valley, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Pomerode, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Parsons 2 NW, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Saint Ignatius, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Columbus, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Ovando, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1961	Porthill, US	monthly low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	65 years	36 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 644 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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Data for records on 1961-05-05: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	473
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1