Weather Records on 5 October 2015

644 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 2015. Highest significance: Wateree Dam, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 2015

On 5 October 2015, 644 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
374 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 617 daily.
Wateree Dam set a daily record precipitation of 146.1 mm (5.8 in) on 5 October 2015.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

644 stations

644 station records on 5 October 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Brookgreen Gardens	United States	Record daily precipitation	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.2 mm (8.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Juan Santamaria Intl	Costa Rica	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palolo Vly 718	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tours	France	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Littlefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mexican Hat	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lizard Head Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Promontory	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soria	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morro Bay Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ochoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hart	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

644 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 207, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 5 October 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	207
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

547 broken records

Margins by which the 547 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 151.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 2015

Top 20 records on 5 October 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 2015	Wateree Dam, US	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2015	Brookgreen Gardens, US	monthly rain	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	46 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2015	Sumter, US	daily rain	205.2 mm (8.1 in)	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2015	Bishopville 1.4 ENE, US	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2015	Bluff, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2015	Wilmington 7 N, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2015	Winnsboro, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	115 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Longwood, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Andrews, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	32.7 C (90.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	118 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Hanksville, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Porthill, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Juan Santamaria Intl, CR	monthly high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Lindsay, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Ojai, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2015	Brookhaven City, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	82 years	42 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2015. 2015 had 644 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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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 20	524
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1