Weather Records on 5 August 1927

230 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1927. Highest significance: Aldinga Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1927

On 5 August 1927, 230 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 224 daily.
Aldinga Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 5 August 1927.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

230 stations

230 station records on 5 August 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jingellic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Neuarpur Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

230 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 153.

Records on 5 August 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 224.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1927

Top 20 records on 5 August 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1927	Aldinga Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1927	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1927	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1927	Meadows, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1927	Willunga, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1927	Harrietville, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1927	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1927	Fairbury 7S, US	all-time rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1927	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Americus, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Macclesfield, AU	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Birdwood, AU	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Decatur, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Mount Barker, AU	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Bright Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Bathurst, CA	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Evergreen, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1927	Gorki, BY	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	35 years	21 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1927. 1927 had 230 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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Data for records on 1927-08-05: 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 5	136
5 to 10	38
10 to 15	10
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	1