Weather Records on 5 May 1992

1,004 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1992. Highest significance: Kukuihaele Mill 206, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 1992

On 5 May 1992, 1,004 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
521 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 975 daily.
Kukuihaele Mill 206 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 179.8 mm (7.1 in) on 5 May 1992.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,004 stations

1,004 station records on 5 May 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wikieup	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abag Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nedstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Cumarebo	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kukaiau 222	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jinan	China	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
XI Ujimqin Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waihee Vly 482	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paraguacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bailing-Miao	China	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heze/Caozhou	China	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jarud Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huimin	China	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fana - Stend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balsa Do Goio-Ere	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Blanca 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Hic 199	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mulege	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wailuku 386	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bocatoma Sufragio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,004 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 274, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 May 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	274
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 May 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 975.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

796 broken records

Margins by which the 796 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1992

Top 20 records on 5 May 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1992	Kukuihaele Mill 206, US	monthly rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	74 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 May 1992	Wikieup, US	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Wanyuan, CN	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	0.3 C (32.5 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	93 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Haina 214, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Abag Qi, CN	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Nedstrand, NO	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Walnut Creek, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Puerto Cumarebo, VE	monthly rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Kukaiau 222, US	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Jinan, CN	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	XI Ujimqin Qi, CN	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Waihee Vly 482, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Harlem, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Paraguacu, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Bailing-Miao, CN	monthly rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Heze/Caozhou, CN	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Trona, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1992	Waialua 847, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	82 years	41 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1992. 1992 had 1,004 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 10	733
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2