Weather Records on 5 May 1964

643 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1964. Highest significance: Lagarto, BR.

Key Facts for 5 May 1964

On 5 May 1964, 643 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 611 daily.
Lagarto set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 5 May 1964.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

643 stations

643 station records on 5 May 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Cora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tapera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mulakumood	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tucano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sitio Passagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thuckalay	India	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Citrus STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thornton Bvrt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Florania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Gargalheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Giant Forest	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoille Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Jeronimo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Avelino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

643 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 5 May 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 5 May 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1964

Top 20 records on 5 May 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1964	Lagarto, BR	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Colachel Salt Fa, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Ely AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Dhanaha, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Twin Lakes, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Araruna, BR	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Ogden Pioneer Ph, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Fallon Exp STN, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Santaquin Chlorinator, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Estancia, BR	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Woodfords, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Eureka, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Kelvin (Kahana), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Cerro Cora, BR	monthly rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Itaporanga Dajuda, BR	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Tobias Barreto, BR	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Ignace, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1964	Pioche, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	71 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

1795 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1964. 1964 had 643 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 1964-05-05: 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 50	475
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1