Weather Records on 5 November 1987

895 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1987. Highest significance: Pattiway, US.

Key Facts for 5 November 1987

On 5 November 1987, 895 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
491 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 869 daily.
Pattiway set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 5 November 1987.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

895 stations

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

Weather records on 5 November 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Amor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lincang	China	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancang	China	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buttonwillow	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jimna Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fordyce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nylsvley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Julian Wynola	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Dimas Fire Fc 95	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

895 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 336, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 5 November 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	336
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 November 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 869.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

697 broken records

Margins by which the 697 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1987

Top 20 records on 5 November 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1987	Pattiway, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Wasco, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	90 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Amor Downs, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Kenilworth Township, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Spring Creek, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Warmun, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Lincang, CN	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Lancang, CN	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Everglades, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	11.2 C (52.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	136 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Alpine, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	El Capitan Dam, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Prescott Love Fld, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Buttonwillow, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Campo, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1987	Paso Robles, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	37 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

1801 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1987. 1987 had 895 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 November 1987
Margin	Records
0 to 10	621
10 to 20	51
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4