Weather Records on 5 October 2016

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 2016. Highest significance: Port Douglas - Warner St, AU.

Key Facts for 5 October 2016

On 5 October 2016, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 551 daily.
Port Douglas - Warner St set a daily record precipitation of 73.0 mm (2.9 in) on 5 October 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 5 October 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Niamey Aero	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	49.0 C (120.2 F)	70 of 100 (Major)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Freiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Onaga	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krivoj_Rog	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keaau 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
North Fork	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fushiki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Katsuura	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 5 October 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 5 October 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 551.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 2016

Top 20 records on 5 October 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 2016	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	96 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	127 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Niamey Aero, NE	monthly high max	49.0 C (120.2 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Sac City, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	119 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Bruning, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Milford 4 NW, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Freiberg, DE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2016	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2016	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2016	Pocahontas, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2016	Paonia 1SW, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2016	Chinook, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2016	Billings, US	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2016	Spirit Lake, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2016	Onaga, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2016	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	51 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 565 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 2016-10-05: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	467
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1