Weather Records on 5 May 1997

1,220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1997. Highest significance: Birregurra (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 5 May 1997

On 5 May 1997, 1,220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
420 were record highs and 285 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,179 daily.
Birregurra (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 5 May 1997.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,220 stations

1,220 station records on 5 May 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Elspeet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	114.0 cm (44.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rouveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wijk Bij Duurstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	129.0 cm (50.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogeveen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zweelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torsby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Glacier	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mozomboa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.4 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nijkerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oldebroek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Transtrand_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kloosterzande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa de Lima (Camboata)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tonala (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostmark-Rojdasen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Noolook Well (Noolook Forest R	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conondale Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dividalen	Norway	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lorna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kvitfossen I Vagan	Norway	Record snow depth	230.0 cm (90.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,220 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 189, Heaviest daily rainfall 470, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 5 May 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	189
Heaviest daily rainfall	470
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 5 May 1997 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 39, daily 1,179.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

992 broken records

Margins by which the 992 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1997

Top 20 records on 5 May 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1997	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1997	Elspeet, NL	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	114.0 cm (44.9 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Rouveen, NL	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Xingren, CN	daily rain	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Wijk Bij Duurstede, NL	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Ankenes, NO	daily snow depth	129.0 cm (50.8 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Wolphaartsdijk, NL	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Hoogeveen-1, NL	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Zweelo, NL	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Tubbergen, NL	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Torsby, SE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	W Glacier, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Mozomboa, MX	monthly low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Hamersveld, NL	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	147.4 mm (5.8 in)	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Lihue WSO AP 1020.1, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 1997	Nijkerk, NL	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	18 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1997. 1997 had 1,220 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 100	965
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	4