Weather Records on 5 May 1983

475 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1983. Highest significance: Snake Rvr, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 1983

On 5 May 1983, 475 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 462 daily.
Snake Rvr set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 5 May 1983.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

475 stations

475 station records on 5 May 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ajvadz	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plano Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alto Uruguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chimoio	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad de Graciano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yahualica de Gonzalez Gallo (	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Five Finger Lt STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watson Lake A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taraz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amealco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Faith	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cangucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aklavik A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Helvecia (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Park	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Hay Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baker City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alapajevsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison Gulch Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meleuz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

475 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 May 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 May 1983 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1983

Top 20 records on 5 May 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1983	Snake Rvr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Ajvadz, TJ	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Mitchell 2 NW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Rostov-Na-Donu, RU	monthly rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Acambaro, MX	all-time high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Coolesha, AU	monthly rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Idaho City, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Condon, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Plano Alto, BR	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Hita, JP	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Lagunillas, MX	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Saint Johns, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1983	Alto Uruguai, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1983	Tabou, CI	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1983	Chimoio, MZ	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1983	Union Hidalgo, MX	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1983	Saga, JP	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1983	Soledad de Graciano, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1983	Sattahip, TH	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	29 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1983. 1983 had 475 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1836	1
1837	1
1840	1
1850	4
1852	1
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1861	5
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1888	3
1889	5
1890	2
1891	3
1892	5
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	3
1901	2
1902	5
1903	9
1904	14
1905	17
1906	4
1907	16
1908	14
1909	17
1910	19
1911	17
1912	17
1913	46
1914	39
1915	73
1916	98
1917	70
1918	24
1919	77
1920	41
1921	63
1922	98
1923	139
1924	132
1925	143
1926	220
1927	115
1928	149
1929	256
1930	469
1931	250
1932	166
1933	339
1934	448
1935	417
1936	377
1937	159
1938	362
1939	222
1940	446
1941	415
1942	529
1943	427
1944	1,237
1945	355
1946	306
1947	528
1948	671
1949	1,099
1950	893
1951	174
1952	723
1953	659
1954	607
1955	382
1956	363
1957	561
1958	404
1959	587
1960	773
1961	644
1962	261
1963	249
1964	643
1965	724
1966	1,413
1967	613
1968	434
1969	530
1970	386
1971	444
1972	292
1973	542
1974	716
1975	711
1976	402
1977	708
1978	1,033
1979	1,534
1980	562
1981	524
1982	659
1983	475
1984	767
1985	463
1986	968
1987	895
1988	820
1989	941
1990	1,511
1991	1,176
1992	1,004
1993	725
1994	743
1995	888
1996	1,368
1997	1,220
1998	1,707
1999	1,301
2000	1,442
2001	963
2002	883
2003	1,792
2004	1,401
2005	1,009
2006	657
2007	850
2008	453
2009	751
2010	1,053
2011	857
2012	1,281
2013	1,265
2014	680
2015	783
2016	554
2017	849
2018	481
2019	538
2020	403
2021	733
2022	514
2023	579
2024	961
2025	717
2026	538

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Data for records on 1983-05-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 100	364
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1