Weather Records on 5 August 1916

67 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1916. Highest significance: Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1916

On 5 August 1916, 67 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 67 daily.
Brinkworth (Bungaree) set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 5 August 1916.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

67 stations

67 station records on 5 August 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Wilbertree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cornalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

67 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 40.

Records on 5 August 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 67.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

58 broken records

Margins by which the 58 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 12.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1916

Top 20 records on 5 August 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1916	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Moonta, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Murrumburrah Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Port Wakefield, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Maitland, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low min	3.6 C (38.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Corny Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Stratford, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Hamilton, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Nymagee (Kenmure Station), AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Kadina, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Bulgandramine, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Urana Post Office, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1916	Toronto, CA	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1916. 1916 had 67 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	31
2 to 4	8
4 to 6	7
6 to 8	7
8 to 10	1
10 to 12	3
12 to 14	1