Weather Records on 5 October 2023

780 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 2023. Highest significance: Marlo, AU.

Key Facts for 5 October 2023

On 5 October 2023, 780 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
482 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 716 daily.
Marlo set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 5 October 2023.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

780 stations

780 station records on 5 October 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chakola (Riversdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kolka	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pinega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Meerlieu (Springvale West)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brindabella (Koolami)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Big Fk 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson Winery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wright Patman Dm & Lk	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Flat (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flyvestation Aalborg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darriman (Tarralangi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pingliang	China	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Latrobe Valley Airpor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (Edge Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lacmalac (Federal Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matador	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Shannon Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

780 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 244, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 286, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 October 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	244
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 October 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 63, daily 716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

640 broken records

Margins by which the 640 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 2023

Top 20 records on 5 October 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 2023	Marlo, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	105 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2023	Ardmore, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	120 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2023	Ensay, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	105 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2023	Mammoth Spring, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	112 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2023	Benambra (Evandale), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2023	Bhagalpur, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2023	Malda, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2023	Chakola (Riversdale), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Kolka, LV	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Pinega, RU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	New Boston, US	monthly rain	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Buchan South, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Meerlieu (Springvale West), AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Salem, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Longview, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	First Connecticut Lake, US	monthly high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Captains Flat (Foxlow St), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	118 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2023	Dartmouth Reservoir, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	50 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 780 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 2023-10-05: 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 2026-10-17 (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	584
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2