Weather Records on 5 May 1972

292 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1972. Highest significance: Nurata, UZ.

Key Facts for 5 May 1972

On 5 May 1972, 292 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 287 daily.
Nurata set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 5 May 1972.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

292 stations

292 station records on 5 May 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nurata	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Nova Floresta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iratinga (Sao Miguel)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Tom	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lansdowne House	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lommaryd	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tedzhen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ticonderoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dzhikimda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zamokta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cagil	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Menier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyzhniohirsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

292 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 May 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 May 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1972

Top 20 records on 5 May 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1972	Nurata, UZ	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1972	Berkeley, US	monthly low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1972	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1972	Torrevieja, ES	daily low min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1972	Propria, BR	daily rain	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1972	Northfield, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Acude Nova Floresta, BR	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Port Hastings, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Nicosia, CY	daily low max	21.2 C (70.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Ft Kent, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Laguna Beach, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Pilger, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Barabinsk, RU	daily low min	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Iratinga (Sao Miguel), BR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily high min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Blagovescensk, RU	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Georgetown, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	57 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Seward AP, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1972	Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti, AU	daily high max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)

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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 292 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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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 20	241
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2