Weather Records on 5 October 2005

2,003 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 2005. Highest significance: Beach, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 2005

On 5 October 2005, 2,003 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,064 were record highs and 333 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 28 were all-time records, 268 monthly and 1,707 daily.
Beach set an all-time record daily snowfall of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 5 October 2005.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 5 October 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beach	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Union Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	329.9 mm (13.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ft Stewart	United States	Record daily precipitation	307.3 mm (12.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Escuintla (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	331.0 mm (13.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
El Tejar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	356.9 mm (14.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Beach	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
St Germain	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wildrose 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Finca A. Prusia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pijijiapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	457.7 mm (18.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Trotters 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Groznyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
U of Mn St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
San Juan de Las Flores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amatenango del Valle	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	259.6 mm (10.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mapastepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,003 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 410, Lowest daily maximum 244, Highest daily minimum 654, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 381, Heaviest daily snowfall 129, Deepest snow cover 96.

Records on 5 October 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	410
Lowest daily maximum	244
Highest daily minimum	654
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	381
Heaviest daily snowfall	129
Deepest snow cover	96

Records on 5 October 2005 by timescale: all-time 28, monthly 268, daily 1,707.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,518 broken records

Margins by which the 1,518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 2005

Top 20 records on 5 October 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 2005	Beach, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	85 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 October 2005	Stillwater 1 SE, US	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	93 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 October 2005	Antigo, US	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 October 2005	Hayward Rs, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	105 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 October 2005	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 October 2005	Danbury, US	monthly rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	71 years	79 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Union Juarez, MX	all-time rain	329.9 mm (13.0 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Redig 11 NE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Lac Vieux Desert, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Ft Stewart, US	all-time rain	307.3 mm (12.1 in)	138.1 mm (5.4 in)	33 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Hinckley, US	all-time rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Mora, US	all-time rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Cumberland, US	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	55 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Glendive, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	85 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Minocqua, US	monthly rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Prentice #2, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Escuintla (Dge), MX	all-time rain	331.0 mm (13.0 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	17 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	El Tejar, MX	all-time rain	356.9 mm (14.1 in)	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	20 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2005	Cambridge, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	70 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 2,003 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 2005-10-05: 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 2026-10-17 (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	1,320
50 to 100	95
100 to 150	62
150 to 200	25
200 to 250	14
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1