Weather Records on 5 November 2002

1,303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 2002. Highest significance: Kisinev, MD.

Key Facts for 5 November 2002

On 5 November 2002, 1,303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
373 were record highs and 449 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 1,226 daily.
Kisinev set a daily record precipitation of 29.1 mm (1.1 in) on 5 November 2002.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

1,303 stations

1,303 station records on 5 November 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Venados	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mixquiahuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Metztitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
San Martin Obispo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Grand Ecore	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Temascal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
May 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Almoloya de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tultenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abasolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ejido de Llano Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kuri Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Danxho	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eunice	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Terrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corrales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockefeller Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro Potla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Papaloapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tepeji del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,303 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 221, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 228, Heaviest daily rainfall 365, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 64.

Records on 5 November 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	221
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	228
Heaviest daily rainfall	365
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	64

Records on 5 November 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 76, daily 1,226.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,037 broken records

Margins by which the 1,037 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 2002

Top 20 records on 5 November 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 2002	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	109 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2002	Venados, MX	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2002	Mixquiahuala (Smn), MX	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2002	Metztitlan, MX	monthly rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2002	Odesa, UA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2002	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2002	San Martin Obispo, MX	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2002	Grand Ecore, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2002	Douglas, US	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	San Cristobal, MX	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	Bolgrad, UA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	Temascal, MX	monthly rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	May 2SSE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	Tuxcueca, MX	all-time rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	Iliamna AP, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	Presa Madero, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	Tsuruga, JP	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2002	Almoloya de Juarez, MX	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	50 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2002. 2002 had 1,303 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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Data for records on 2002-11-05: 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	893
20 to 40	95
40 to 60	34
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1