Weather Records on 5 July 1914

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1914. Highest significance: Karesuando, SE.

Key Facts for 5 July 1914

On 5 July 1914, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 53 daily.
Karesuando set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 32.0 C (89.6 F) on 5 July 1914.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 5 July 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 8.

Records on 5 July 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	8
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1914 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 1, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 9.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1914

Top 20 records on 5 July 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1914	Karesuando, SE	all-time high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Harnosand, SE	all-time high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Stockholm, SE	daily high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	64 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Parnu, EE	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Vastervik, SE	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Stony Mountain, CA	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	17.9 C (64.2 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Qu'appelle, CA	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high min	18.4 C (65.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	14 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Jonkoping, SE	daily high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Minnedosa, CA	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	15 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1914	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	15 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

1796 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1914. 1914 had 56 records.

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

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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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	29
2 to 4	14
4 to 6	2
6 to 8	2
8 to 10	1