Weather Records on 5 October 1972

636 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1972. Highest significance: Mendota, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 1972

On 5 October 1972, 636 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 622 daily.
Mendota set a daily record precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 5 October 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

636 stations

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

Weather records on 5 October 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mexicali (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buritizal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Baixa (Usina Amalia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
North River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Amalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McNary 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miamisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Cmef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Ajudas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conselheiro Paulino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pontal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reno Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santa Cecilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ibitiuva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
College Hill Lock 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

636 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 5 October 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 5 October 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 622.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

553 broken records

Margins by which the 553 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1972

Top 20 records on 5 October 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1972	Mendota, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1972	Franklin, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Mexicali (Smn), MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Kaycee, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Buritizal, BR	daily rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Colonia Baixa (Usina Amalia), BR	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Jefferson City Evap, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	North River Dam, US	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Usina Amalia, BR	daily rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Dupree, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	McNary 2N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Miamisburg, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Mott, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1972	Lemmon, US	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	46 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 636 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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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	490
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3