Weather Records on 5 August 1912

72 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1912. Highest significance: Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK.

Key Facts for 5 August 1912

On 5 August 1912, 72 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 70 daily.
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 5 August 1912.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

72 stations

72 station records on 5 August 1912 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1912: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Tragowell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Culpotaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Marfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Merungle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

72 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1912 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 37.

Records on 5 August 1912 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1912 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 70.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

59 broken records

Margins by which the 59 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 10.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1912

Top 20 records on 5 August 1912 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1912	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	monthly rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Oxford, GB	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Dubuque River, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Washington, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Kerang (Meran Downs), AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Merrowie North, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Puckawidgee Back, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Wallaloo, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Kerang (Tragowell), AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Gnalta, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1912	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

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

1797 to 1912

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1912. 1912 had 72 records.

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

Records on 08-05 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	2
1809	1
1830	3
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	2
1874	2
1876	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	11
1900	4
1901	3
1902	6
1903	18
1904	13
1905	22
1906	13
1907	14
1908	25
1909	21
1910	20
1911	16
1912	72
1913	18
1914	22
1915	83
1916	67
1917	40
1918	233
1919	40
1920	81
1921	53
1922	107
1923	180
1924	144
1925	84
1926	113
1927	230
1928	201
1929	243
1930	467
1931	426
1932	228
1933	341
1934	587
1935	422
1936	309
1937	288
1938	420
1939	275
1940	290
1941	443
1942	393
1943	436
1944	520
1945	311
1946	374
1947	710
1948	930
1949	375
1950	681
1951	557
1952	498
1953	1,043
1954	543
1955	640
1956	422
1957	518
1958	503
1959	438
1960	297
1961	823
1962	451
1963	311
1964	610
1965	265
1966	384
1967	347
1968	394
1969	708
1970	468
1971	748
1972	799
1973	983
1974	810
1975	692
1976	721
1977	583
1978	948
1979	561
1980	998
1981	754
1982	776
1983	1,090
1984	789
1985	845
1986	778
1987	1,061
1988	914
1989	915
1990	1,265
1991	828
1992	861
1993	1,145
1994	1,944
1995	1,205
1996	1,029
1997	1,144
1998	1,817
1999	834
2000	704
2001	986
2002	1,160
2003	1,340
2004	848
2005	1,026
2006	932
2007	787
2008	738
2009	777
2010	1,626
2011	1,347
2012	869
2013	436
2014	915
2015	520
2016	544
2017	888
2018	528
2019	533
2020	626
2021	641
2022	1,332
2023	1,087
2024	711
2025	775
2026	1,048

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 2	40
2 to 4	8
4 to 6	6
6 to 8	2
8 to 10	2
10 to 12	1