Weather Records on 5 April 1965

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1965. Highest significance: Orenburg, RU.

Key Facts for 5 April 1965

On 5 April 1965, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 440 daily.
Orenburg set a daily record precipitation of 26.1 mm (1.0 in) on 5 April 1965.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

456 stations

456 station records on 5 April 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sandy	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maribyrnong Explosives Factory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yadgir	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aragac Visokogornaya	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.9 C (-14.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aragac Visokogornaya	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 5 April 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 5 April 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1965

Top 20 records on 5 April 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1965	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1965	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1965	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Prince Albert Road (Sar), ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Knoxville, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Haina 214, US	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Mora, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Wadena 3 S, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Tekkali, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Coalville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Big Sandy, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Paauhau 217, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Marshfield Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Perry, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1965	Millstream, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	40 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

1809 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1965. 1965 had 456 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 1965-04-05: 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 100	339
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2