Weather Records on 5 October 2017

560 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 2017. Highest significance: Altentreptow, DE.

Key Facts for 5 October 2017

On 5 October 2017, 560 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
308 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 506 daily.
Altentreptow set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.4 mm (2.4 in) on 5 October 2017.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

560 stations

560 station records on 5 October 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Erfde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kiel-Holtenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grunow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annaba	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pelzerhaken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gafsa	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schleswig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tribsees	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Verde S.L.P.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

560 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 5 October 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 5 October 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 54, daily 506.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 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 2017

Top 20 records on 5 October 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 2017	Altentreptow, DE	monthly rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 October 2017	Teterow, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	114 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 October 2017	Chester, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2017	Chinook, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2017	Ft Assiniboine, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2017	Anklam, DE	monthly rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	124 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2017	Havre AP ASOS, US	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2017	Gross Lusewitz, DE	monthly rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2017	Erfde, DE	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Taung, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Elk, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Greifswald, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Weatherford, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	98 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Kiel-Holtenau, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Ueckermunde, DE	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Dalhart FAA AP, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Mosquero 1 NE, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2017	Geary, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2017. 2017 had 560 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 50	429
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1