Weather Records on 5 October 2001

771 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 2001. Highest significance: Dalton, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 2001

On 5 October 2001, 771 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
335 were record highs and 278 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 752 daily.
Dalton set a daily record snowfall of 16.0 cm (6.3 in) on 5 October 2001.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

771 stations

771 station records on 5 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood Leflore AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malacca	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Argyle Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conway Springs 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roundup	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Houghton Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuajimoloyas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Atepec	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Island AWS	New Zealand	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

771 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 165, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 5 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	165
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 5 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 752.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

546 broken records

Margins by which the 546 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 2001

Top 20 records on 5 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 2001	Dalton, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2001	Poset, RU	daily rain	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Nagpur Sonegaon, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Greenwood Leflore AP, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Butler 4W, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	McPherson, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	San Blas, MX	daily low min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Lajas Substn, PR	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Big Springs, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Augusta, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Archer, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	35.7 C (96.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Dalton, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Ft Collins, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2001	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	37 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2001. 2001 had 771 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 2001-10-05: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	503
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2