Weather Records on 5 May 1994

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1994. Highest significance: Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU.

Key Facts for 5 May 1994

On 5 May 1994, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 719 daily.
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive) set a daily record precipitation of 127.4 mm (5.0 in) on 5 May 1994.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 5 May 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mihajlov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Izium	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Vas Na Blokah	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kutchan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Planes	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Habarovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacoapa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urunga Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Venados	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 196, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 196, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 May 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	196
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 May 1994 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

551 broken records

Margins by which the 551 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1994

Top 20 records on 5 May 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1994	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Eastport, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Ipswich, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Brunswick Heads Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Mc Cool Junction, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Wells, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Mihajlov, RU	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Sumter, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Izium, UA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Gage, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Smithfield, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Feodosiia, UA	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Laurinburg, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Chester 1 SE, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1994	Union 3 SSE, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	35 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1994. 1994 had 743 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	491
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1