Weather Records on 5 October 1974

973 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1974. Highest significance: Salekhard, RU.

Key Facts for 5 October 1974

On 5 October 1974, 973 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 581 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 959 daily.
Salekhard set a monthly record daily precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 5 October 1974.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

973 stations

973 station records on 5 October 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oakwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hopedale (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rowan (Connorton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bugaldie (Ulundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

973 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 447, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 October 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	447
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 October 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 959.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

832 broken records

Margins by which the 832 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1974

Top 20 records on 5 October 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1974	Salekhard, RU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Wateranga, AU	monthly rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	monthly rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Mataranka Homestead Resort, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Oakwood, AU	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Heathcote, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Puckapunyal, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1974	Dalton Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1974	Hopedale (Aut), CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1974	Cartwright, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1974	Pyalong West (Cavan Park), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1974	Didcot, AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1974	Yellow Grass, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1974	Wagga Wagga AMO, AU	monthly rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1974	Gerang Gerung, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	51 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1974. 1974 had 973 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 50	815
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1