Weather Records on 5 August 1922

107 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1922. Highest significance: Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1922

On 5 August 1922, 107 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 106 daily.
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 5 August 1922.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

107 stations

107 station records on 5 August 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rollands Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

107 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 76.

Records on 5 August 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 106.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

99 broken records

Margins by which the 99 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1922

Top 20 records on 5 August 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1922	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Battleford, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1922	Rollands Plains, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1922	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1922	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1922	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1922	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1922	Mena, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1922	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1922	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1922	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	25 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1922. 1922 had 107 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1922-08-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	60
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2