Weather Records on 5 August 1923

180 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1923. Highest significance: Sparta 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1923

On 5 August 1923, 180 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 176 daily.
Sparta 1 W set an all-time record daily precipitation of 159.8 mm (6.3 in) on 5 August 1923.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

180 stations

180 station records on 5 August 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nimagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Eurack)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Conapaira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

180 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 84.

Records on 5 August 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1923 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 176.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 33.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1923

Top 20 records on 5 August 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1923	Sparta 1 W, US	all-time rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1923	Eversley, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Louisville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Paducah River, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Morgantown 1, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Ellerston, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Bamberg, DE	daily low min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Anakie, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Coan Downs, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Nimagee, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1923	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	29 years	20 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1923. 1923 had 180 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	101
5 to 10	19
10 to 15	10
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	3
30 to 35	1