Weather Records on 5 August 1934

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1934. Highest significance: Robertson, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 August 1934

On 5 August 1934, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
385 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 28 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 483 daily.
Robertson set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 5 August 1934.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 5 August 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kherwara	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matar	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 231, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 144.

Records on 5 August 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	231
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1934 by timescale: all-time 28, monthly 76, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

435 broken records

Margins by which the 435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1934

Top 20 records on 5 August 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1934	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1934	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	all-time rain	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Caledon (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Kherwara, IN	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Rauland, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Rjukan, NO	monthly rain	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Thorpdale State School, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Ottawa, CA	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Prescott, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Fremont, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Satna, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1934	Cherdyn', RU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1934	Nidingen A, SE	all-time rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1934	M.R.A., AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	33 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1934. 1934 had 587 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 20	397
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2