Weather Records on 5 October 2011

1,383 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 2011. Highest significance: Corny Point, AU.

Key Facts for 5 October 2011

On 5 October 2011, 1,383 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
602 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 1,314 daily.
Corny Point set a daily record precipitation of 28.8 mm (1.1 in) on 5 October 2011.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,383 stations

1,383 station records on 5 October 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Salinas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Del Bonita	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waddikee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Turkey Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buckleboo (Hi-View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Creek (Pitlochry Outstati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville Ifg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neptune Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Graham Guard Sta.	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Potter Valley Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trinity Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Topanga Patrol Fc-6	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,383 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 151, Highest daily minimum 345, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 576, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 October 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	151
Highest daily minimum	345
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	576
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 October 2011 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 67, daily 1,314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,119 broken records

Margins by which the 1,119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 2011

Top 20 records on 5 October 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 2011	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	78 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2011	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2011	Nonning, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2011	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2011	Turlock #2, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2011	Salinas AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2011	Pasadena, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Del Bonita, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Waddikee, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Kimba (Cortlinye), AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Newburyport, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Parndana (Turkey Lane), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Yardea, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Buckleboo (Hi-View), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Haverhill, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Tejon Rancho, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Angaston, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Bollon Mary St, AU	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Pollock, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2011	Salt Creek (Pitlochry Outstati, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 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

1795 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2011. 2011 had 1,383 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 2011-10-05: 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 10	916
10 to 20	126
20 to 30	41
30 to 40	24
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2