Weather Records on 5 October 1992

776 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1992. Highest significance: Magdeburg, DE.

Key Facts for 5 October 1992

On 5 October 1992, 776 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 364 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 765 daily.
Magdeburg set a daily record precipitation of 29.3 mm (1.2 in) on 5 October 1992.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

776 stations

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

Weather records on 5 October 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Tyers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaltenango Sanchez Roman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kasumkent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Molino Blanco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booroorban (Ramsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bacau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juchipila (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qaqortoq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanga San Jose	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Live Oak	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orly	France	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kuching	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tower Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silacayoapam (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gastonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gastonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mitt. Narsarsuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

776 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 302, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 5 October 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	302
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 5 October 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1992

Top 20 records on 5 October 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1992	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1992	Belton (Shadow Vale), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1992	Whittlesea, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1992	Dargo, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Lake Tyers, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Springdale, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Tlaltenango Sanchez Roman, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	McKinley Park, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Yarrawonga Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	St-Girons, FR	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Cleveland, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Saltville 1N, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Wollar (Barrigan St), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Glen Morrison (Millbank), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1992	Appila, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	45 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 776 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	633
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1