Weather Records on 5 November 1997

676 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1997. Highest significance: Badajoz/Talavera la Real, ES.

Key Facts for 5 November 1997

On 5 November 1997, 676 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 649 daily.
Badajoz/Talavera la Real set an all-time record daily precipitation of 119.1 mm (4.7 in) on 5 November 1997.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

676 stations

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

Weather records on 5 November 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Badajoz/Talavera la Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Beja	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barroso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	299.0 mm (11.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (the Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carazinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Glorious Fahey Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aasiaat	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belisario Dominguez I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Writtle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaltipan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burgos-Villafria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Groveton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hannaford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmares Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laane-Nigula	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Glen Burn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

676 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 5 November 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 5 November 1997 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 23, daily 649.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1997

Top 20 records on 5 November 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1997	Badajoz/Talavera la Real, ES	all-time rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1997	Beja, PT	all-time rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1997	Galveston, US	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1997	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Salamanca Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Smithville, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Zamora, ES	monthly rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Barroso, BR	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Hua Hin, TH	daily rain	299.0 mm (11.8 in)	226.2 mm (8.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Doctors Creek, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Breeza (the Park), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Mountainair, US	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	De Soto, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Tulloona (Coolanga), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1997	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	90 years	44 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

1801 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1997. 1997 had 676 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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	539
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2