Weather Records on 5 November 1970

639 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1970. Highest significance: Rzev, RU.

Key Facts for 5 November 1970

On 5 November 1970, 639 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 626 daily.
Rzev set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 5 November 1970.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

639 stations

639 station records on 5 November 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rzev	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tororo	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gvarv	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
West Grove 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Barros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paskenta Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alliston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tamenlong	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

639 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 5 November 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 5 November 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

526 broken records

Margins by which the 526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1970

Top 20 records on 5 November 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1970	Rzev, RU	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Buchanan, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Boyds 2 NW, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	College Park, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Tororo, UG	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Holtwood, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Rockville 1 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Bingara (Keera), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Westminster 2 SSE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Gvarv, NO	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Webster Springs, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Alpena 1 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Weston, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	West Grove 1 SE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1970	Calaveras Big Trees, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	35 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1970. 1970 had 639 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	502
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4