Weather Records on 5 May 1985

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1985. Highest significance: Kokardine, AU.

Key Facts for 5 May 1985

On 5 May 1985, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 449 daily.
Kokardine set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.8 mm (2.9 in) on 5 May 1985.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 5 May 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boogardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Assab	Eritrea	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Youanmi Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Mo	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wongan Hills Res.Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacolula de Matamoros	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cacalotenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cadoux	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mexicali (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yarragadee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dunbar Forest Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balcon Diablo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nancheng	China	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuan Creek Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shanghai/Hongqiao	China	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchang	China	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nemuro	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Venta Cuajimalpa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miahuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kedon	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caribou 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lingling	China	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 5 May 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 5 May 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 449.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1985

Top 20 records on 5 May 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1985	Kokardine, AU	monthly rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1985	Eaton Rapids, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Boogardie, AU	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Assab, ER	monthly rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Wuhan, CN	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Everglades, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily high min	19.9 C (67.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	88 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Eagle, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Nalbarra, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Port Washington, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1985	Sveg, SE	daily snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1985	Youanmi Downs, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1985	Tanana AP, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1985	Gaoua, BF	all-time rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1985	Thursday Island Mo, AU	daily low max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1985	Zhengzhou, CN	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 May 1985	Waialua 847, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	68 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1985. 1985 had 463 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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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 50	373
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1