Weather Records on 5 November 2016

755 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 2016. Highest significance: Kristianstad, SE.

Key Facts for 5 November 2016

On 5 November 2016, 755 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
512 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 705 daily.
Kristianstad set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 5 November 2016.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

755 stations

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

Weather records on 5 November 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lessebo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Backefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Orrefors_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Landvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laroona Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tosteberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bernardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chandbali	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Komstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balmaceda	Chile	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lysekil_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinega	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rorsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.6 C (108.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krokshult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grants AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

755 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 286, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 226, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 November 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	286
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	226
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 November 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 49, daily 705.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

603 broken records

Margins by which the 603 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 2016

Top 20 records on 5 November 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 2016	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 November 2016	Lessebo, SE	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2016	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	120 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2016	Backefors, SE	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2016	Melrose, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2016	Orrefors_D, SE	monthly rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 November 2016	Landvik, NO	monthly rain	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Torungen Fyr, NO	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Springerville, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Bellingham Intl AP, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Puri, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Gran Quivira Natl Mon, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Laroona Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Dilia, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Castle Dale, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	110 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Kelly Rch, US	all-time rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Taos, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Tosteberga, SE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 2016	Cuthbert, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	43 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

1801 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2016. 2016 had 755 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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Data for records on 2016-11-05: 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	600
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1