Weather Records on 5 October 1987

1,081 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1987. Highest significance: Helmond, NL.

Key Facts for 5 October 1987

On 5 October 1987, 1,081 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
460 were record highs and 407 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 99 monthly and 977 daily.
Helmond set a daily record precipitation of 37.5 mm (1.5 in) on 5 October 1987.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,081 stations

1,081 station records on 5 October 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselsteyn (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eindhoven-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitingham 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kjevik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad Chikalth	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union Village Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Live Oak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bastia	France	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,081 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 309, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 339, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 5 October 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	309
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	339
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 5 October 1987 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 99, daily 977.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

861 broken records

Margins by which the 861 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1987

Top 20 records on 5 October 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1987	Helmond, NL	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1987	Berlin 5 S, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1987	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	all-time high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1987	Peru, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Chittenden, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Cavendish, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Woodstock, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Chittenden, US	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Peru, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Nice, FR	daily rain	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Ijsselsteyn (L), NL	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Bethlehem, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Troy L&D, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Maristova, NO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Grafton, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Chelsea, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Montcornet, FR	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1987	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	48 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1987. 1987 had 1,081 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 50	834
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1