Weather Records on 5 October 1996

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1996. Highest significance: Jonacatepec, MX.

Key Facts for 5 October 1996

On 5 October 1996, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 359 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 888 daily.
Jonacatepec set a daily record precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 5 October 1996.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

931 stations

931 station records on 5 October 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Muhldorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moreson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecitos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bhopal/Bairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Pinito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Sabino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aleman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Nicolas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valenca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fresnillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pot-the-Red	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Cos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caon Fernandez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Pino	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Palote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mallapunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Finca la Soledad	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flitwick Grange	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woolabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Obregon	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Florida	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pedricea	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kranskop (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 182, Highest daily minimum 229, Lowest daily minimum 177, Heaviest daily rainfall 268.

Records on 5 October 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	182
Highest daily minimum	229
Lowest daily minimum	177
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1996 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 43, daily 888.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

689 broken records

Margins by which the 689 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1996

Top 20 records on 5 October 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1996	Jonacatepec, MX	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1996	Altamura, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1996	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Muhldorf, DE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Quilberry Station, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	monthly rain	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Moreson, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Gillespie, AU	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Vallecitos, MX	monthly low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Nazare, BR	daily rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	San Miguel El Alto, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Albion, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Palermo, IT	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Ft Sumner 5 S, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Bhopal/Bairagarh, IN	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Franca, BR	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	El Pinito, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1996	El Sabino, MX	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	43 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1996. 1996 had 931 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1996-10-05: 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 20	653
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2