Weather Records on 5 May 2005

1,009 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 May 2005. Highest significance: Ontario Ksrv, US.

Key Facts for 5 May 2005

On 5 May 2005, 1,009 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
291 were record highs and 467 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 971 daily.
Ontario Ksrv set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 5 May 2005.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,009 stations

1,009 station records on 5 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ontario Ksrv	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Clearlake 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nigniy_Studeniy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grodno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman Fisheries STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record low minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Svityaz'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Usher Twr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Totolica San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Triunfo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston Ag Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jimba Jimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tenampa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,009 records

Records set or tied on 5 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 221, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 246, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	221
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	246
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 971.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

767 broken records

Margins by which the 767 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 May 2005

Top 20 records on 5 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 May 2005	Ontario Ksrv, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 May 2005	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2005	Daytona Beach, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 May 2005	Clearlake 4 SE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Bagdarin, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Iowa Hill, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Nigniy_Studeniy, UA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Auberry 2 NW, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Big Creek Ph 1, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Federal Pt, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Grodno, BY	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Coleman Fisheries STN, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Kozhikode, IN	monthly low min	17.5 C (63.5 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Kassala, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Willows 6 W, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Mount Augustus, AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 May 2005	Live Oak, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	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

1795 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 1,009 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 2005-05-05: 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 10	693
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1