Weather Records on 5 August 1921

53 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1921. Highest significance: Wandin (Yallock), AU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1921

On 5 August 1921, 53 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 53 daily.
Wandin (Yallock) set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 5 August 1921.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

53 stations

53 station records on 5 August 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Middle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

53 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 26.

Records on 5 August 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 23.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1921

Top 20 records on 5 August 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1921	Wandin (Yallock), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1921	Palermo, IT	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1921	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Charlottetown, CA	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	41.0 C (105.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Rotherwood, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Ocean Grove, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Wallan (Walnarring), AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Athens, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1921	Tunis, TN	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	21 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1921. 1921 had 53 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	33
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1