Weather Records on 5 October 1982

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1982. Highest significance: Mc Leod 3 E, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 1982

On 5 October 1982, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 503 daily.
Mc Leod 3 E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 5 October 1982.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

524 stations

524 station records on 5 October 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Jacksonville Cecil Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 12 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acatzingo de Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shamakhy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Mervyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Alotepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beylagan Aerodrome	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mylor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newdegate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeland Linder Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bombana (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Canal KM. 06+250	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moyoguarda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 5 October 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 5 October 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1982

Top 20 records on 5 October 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1982	Mc Leod 3 E, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1982	Jacksonville Cecil Fld NAS, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Granville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Astrakan, RU	daily low max	4.9 C (40.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Wonnaminta, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Puente Colgante, MX	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Angoon Pwr, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Espoey, FR	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Apalachicola AP, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Hansboro 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	San Blas, MX	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Syktyvkar, RU	daily low min	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Opheim 12 SSE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Catus, FR	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Acatzingo de Hidalgo, MX	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Waroona, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Conroe, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1982	Woodperry, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	65 years	34 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1982. 1982 had 524 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	406
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1