Weather Records on 5 October 1978

438 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1978. Highest significance: Velikie Luki, RU.

Key Facts for 5 October 1978

On 5 October 1978, 438 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 422 daily.
Velikie Luki set a daily record precipitation of 30.3 mm (1.2 in) on 5 October 1978.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

438 stations

438 station records on 5 October 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Holm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Valdaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grodno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boesmansrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crowe's Place,Seven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Resolution A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.8 cm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Lagos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Coyote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie, Tweedie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rustplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Surprise Store	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camacho	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amealco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Silverdales	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandrivierspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
South Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
The Valleys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

438 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 October 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 October 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

352 broken records

Margins by which the 352 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1978

Top 20 records on 5 October 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1978	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1978	Bathurst Ns,, ZA	monthly rain	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1978	De Hoop, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Umzonia (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Holm, RU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Carnarvon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Valdaj, RU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Alexandria (Bos), ZA	daily rain	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Grodno, BY	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Boesmansrivier, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Clifton, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Cramond, Albert Fall, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Gaya, IN	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Crowe's Place,Seven, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Fort Resolution A, CA	daily snowfall	10.8 cm (4.3 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	East London, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1978	San Marcos, MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	38 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1978. 1978 had 438 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	326
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1