Weather Records on 5 May 1998

1,707 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 1998. Highest significance: Hillgrove Station, AU.

Key Facts for 5 May 1998

On 5 May 1998, 1,707 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
530 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,626 daily.
Hillgrove Station set a daily record precipitation of 64.2 mm (2.5 in) on 5 May 1998.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,707 stations

1,707 station records on 5 May 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bargara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bundabaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ambo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jose de Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Iguatama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Barbacena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Booroorban (Ramsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Campolide	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wandoan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte de Itabapoana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Tarrangower)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Formiga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Andrelandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Darts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kankaanpaa Niinisalo Puolustus	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lavia Riiho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lurnea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Theodore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,707 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 277, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 253, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 1,053.

Records on 5 May 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	277
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	253
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	1,053
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 May 1998 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 71, daily 1,626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,477 broken records

Margins by which the 1,477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 1998

Top 20 records on 5 May 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 1998	Hillgrove Station, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Wallumbilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	95 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	95 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Saugus Pwr Plt 1, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	95 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	85 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Cooyar Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	95 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Bargara, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Springfield, US	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Mundubbera, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Nanango Wills St, AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Bundabaroo, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Ambo Station, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	101 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Belah Park, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Capella Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 May 1998	Minsk, BY	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 1,707 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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Data for records on 1998-05-05: 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	1,180
20 to 40	214
40 to 60	69
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1