Weather Records on 5 August 1926

113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1926. Highest significance: Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1926

On 5 August 1926, 113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 108 daily.
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 5 August 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

113 stations

113 station records on 5 August 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa (Gipsy Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

113 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 48.

Records on 5 August 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 108.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

81 broken records

Margins by which the 81 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1926

Top 20 records on 5 August 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1926	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1926	Macon 2 NE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1926	Noorinbee, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1926	State UNIV, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1926	Gospic, HR	daily rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Niznij Novgorod, RU	monthly rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Hays 1 S, US	monthly high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Grayling, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	11 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Talbotton, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Geryville (El-Bayadh), DZ	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	San Diego Wbo, US	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	74 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Wellington Station, AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Stuart Town, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1926	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	3 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1926. 1926 had 113 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 August 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 10	69
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1