Weather Records on 5 November 1976

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1976. Highest significance: Prince Albert Road, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 November 1976

On 5 November 1976, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 458 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 810 daily.
Prince Albert Road set a daily record precipitation of 51.5 mm (2.0 in) on 5 November 1976.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 5 November 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springvalley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pechey Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abadia Dos Dourados	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jolalpan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prinshof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zeekoevlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adolphskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alliston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lerma	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 299, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 5 November 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	299
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 5 November 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 810.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1976

Top 20 records on 5 November 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1976	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Makwassie, ZA	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Trompsburg (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	North Bay, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Springvalley, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Rochester, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	North Bay A, CA	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Pechey Forestry, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Abadia Dos Dourados, BR	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Prince Albert Road (Sar), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Plattsburgh AFB, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Kargopol, RU	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Neosho, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Columbus, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Wagoner, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1976	Winnemucca AP, US	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	45 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1976. 1976 had 835 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	666
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1