Weather Records on 5 October 1995

1,705 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1995. Highest significance: Valley Head, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 1995

On 5 October 1995, 1,705 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
725 were record highs and 251 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 166 monthly and 1,537 daily.
Valley Head set a monthly record daily precipitation of 152.9 mm (6.0 in) on 5 October 1995.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,705 stations

1,705 station records on 5 October 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Plantersville 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hightower	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Childersburg Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Opelika	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kilagarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Claiborne L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,705 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 253, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 472, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 714, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 October 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	253
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	472
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	714
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 October 1995 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 166, daily 1,537.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,382 broken records

Margins by which the 1,382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 277.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1995

Top 20 records on 5 October 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1995	Valley Head, US	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	96 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 October 1995	Clanton, US	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	92 years	78 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Oneonta, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Highlands, US	daily rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	96 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Faulkton, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	101 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Banner Elk, US	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	86 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Greenville, US	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Thomasville, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Plantersville 2 SSE, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Rome, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	118 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Deadwood, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Buskala Rch, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Evergreen, US	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	1 year	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Vevay, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1995	Cedartown, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1995	Wilson 4 S, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1995	Carthage, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1995	Gainesville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	58 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1995. 1995 had 1,705 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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Data for records on 1995-10-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	1,316
50 to 100	59
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1