Weather Records on 5 November 1983

980 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1983. Highest significance: Artesia 6S, US.

Key Facts for 5 November 1983

On 5 November 1983, 980 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
473 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 943 daily.
Artesia 6S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 5 November 1983.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

980 stations

980 station records on 5 November 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ackerly 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Creek Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao de Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prattsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tierawoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	261.1 mm (10.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Humble Pump STN 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manina (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jequitinhonha (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudea	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chon-Arik	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

980 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 355, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 341, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 5 November 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	355
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 5 November 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 943.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

804 broken records

Margins by which the 804 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1983

Top 20 records on 5 November 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1983	Artesia 6S, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 November 1983	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1983	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1983	Jal, US	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 November 1983	Irara, BR	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Berlin, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Hobbs, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Pointe Noire, CG	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Levelland, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Seminole, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Koah, AU	daily rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Ackerly 4SE, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Lakeport 2, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Medicine Creek Dam, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Chelsea, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Wink FAA AP, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1983	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	44 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1983. 1983 had 980 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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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	778
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1