Weather Records on 5 October 1977

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1977. Highest significance: Niznij Novgorod, RU.

Key Facts for 5 October 1977

On 5 October 1977, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 373 daily.
Niznij Novgorod set a daily record precipitation of 43.4 mm (1.7 in) on 5 October 1977.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

382 stations

382 station records on 5 October 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Haljum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arzamas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sar'ja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mooleulooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strombacka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ratan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Itajuipe (Piranji)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Trout Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pervomajskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus Do Galho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Loxahatchee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parateca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaransk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murom	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pacelma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Erudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hunge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niederworresbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holzhausen A.D. Haide	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 5 October 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 5 October 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1977

Top 20 records on 5 October 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1977	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1977	Haljum, SE	monthly rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Urjupinsk, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Arzamas, RU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Sar'ja, RU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Winkelman 6 S, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Mooleulooloo, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Strombacka, SE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Cuauhtemoc, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Catemaco, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1977	Ratan, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1977	Elatma, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1977	Itajuipe (Piranji), BR	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1977	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily low min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1977	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low min	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1977	Fleming, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	76 years	30 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1977. 1977 had 382 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 10	257
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1