Weather Records on 5 August 1919

40 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1919. Highest significance: Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1919

On 5 August 1919, 40 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 39 daily.
Cleveland 2717 Euclid set a daily record precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 5 August 1919.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

40 stations

40 station records on 5 August 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Trainors Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

40 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 15.

Records on 5 August 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	15
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 39.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

34 broken records

Margins by which the 34 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1919

Top 20 records on 5 August 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1919	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1919	Prince Albert, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Saint John, CA	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Coondambo, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Storrs, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Coldwater, CA	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Kola-In-Murman, RU	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	9 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Watford, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Enisejsk, RU	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Irkutsk, RU	daily low max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	9 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	0 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1919	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	26 years	12 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1919. 1919 had 40 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	26
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1