Weather Records on 5 August 1915

83 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1915. Highest significance: Victor Harbor Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1915

On 5 August 1915, 83 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 82 daily.
Victor Harbor Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 5 August 1915.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

83 stations

83 station records on 5 August 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brundah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaraleednie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

83 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1915 by type: Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 65.

Records on 5 August 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 82.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

71 broken records

Margins by which the 71 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1915

Top 20 records on 5 August 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1915	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1915	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Narra Allen, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Escanaba, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Madison Wb City, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	45 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Meningie, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Belton (Shadow Vale), AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Tamworth Airport, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Cavan, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Toledo Blade, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1915	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 years	18 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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1915. 1915 had 83 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 5	47
5 to 10	17
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	2