Weather Records on 5 May 1986

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1986. Highest significance: Yantabulla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 5 May 1986

On 5 May 1986, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
424 were record highs and 227 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 932 daily.
Yantabulla Station set a daily record precipitation of 45.8 mm (1.8 in) on 5 May 1986.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

968 stations

968 station records on 5 May 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Longton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dodson 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vida 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wailuku 386	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuapse	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thurulgoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Launiupoko Intake 376	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frolovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Yanda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mackenzie	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roy 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 5 May 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 5 May 1986 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 932.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

835 broken records

Margins by which the 835 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1986

Top 20 records on 5 May 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1986	Yantabulla Station, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	92 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1986	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1986	Longton Station, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1986	Paia 406, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1986	Dodson 1 WNW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Forks 4 NNE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Napoopoo 28, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Chinook, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Melstone, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Boorara, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Thargomindah Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Carinda (Boorooma), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Vida 6 NE, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Killdeer 8 NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Innamincka Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Keene 3S, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1986	Wailuku 386, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	49 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1986. 1986 had 968 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 1986-05-05: 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 20	765
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1