Weather Records on 5 October 1984

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1984. Highest significance: Langebaan, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 October 1984

On 5 October 1984, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 635 daily.
Langebaan set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 5 October 1984.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 5 October 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montenegro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Attica 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schoondijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grundforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ouray	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Washington	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ozone	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dingle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cadzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Backefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jingdezhen	China	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nalut	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nancheng	China	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 October 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 October 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 635.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

545 broken records

Margins by which the 545 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1984

Top 20 records on 5 October 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1984	Langebaan, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1984	El Dorado, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Nogliki, RU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Ft Morgan, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Hagansport, US	all-time rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Wisley, GB	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Kassler, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Mc Cool Junction, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Montenegro, BR	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Ordway 4 W, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Wellfleet, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Attica 6 WNW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Schoondijke, NL	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Fowler 1 SE, US	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Winona, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Kingman, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1984	Greensburg, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	76 years	36 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1984. 1984 had 646 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	529
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1