Weather Records on 5 October 1985

781 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1985. Highest significance: Matias Romero (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 5 October 1985

On 5 October 1985, 781 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
336 were record highs and 245 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 751 daily.
Matias Romero (Smn) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 184.9 mm (7.3 in) on 5 October 1985.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

781 stations

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

Weather records on 5 October 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Champion van Riper Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iwakuni	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rice Reservoir-Tomahawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Javier	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spirit Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saigo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de Arocha	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Wing Dam 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mengzi	China	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

781 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 216, Lowest daily minimum 158, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 October 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	216
Lowest daily minimum	158
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 751.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1985

Top 20 records on 5 October 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1985	Matias Romero (Smn), MX	monthly rain	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1985	Nome AP, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1985	Minocqua, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1985	Mellen 4 NE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Izuhara, JP	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Rottweil, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Champion van Riper Pk, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Ironwood, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Dutch Harbor, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Stiege, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Iwakuni, JP	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Cold Bay AP, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Spring Valley, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Sugar Camp, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Bergland Dam, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Marquette, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Brockton, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1985	Rice Reservoir-Tomahawk, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	42 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1985. 1985 had 781 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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Data for records on 1985-10-05: 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 20	582
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1