Weather Records on 5 August 1936

309 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1936. Highest significance: Burnie (No 1), AU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1936

On 5 August 1936, 309 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 302 daily.
Burnie (No 1) set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 5 August 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

309 stations

309 station records on 5 August 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Sus Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

309 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 129.

Records on 5 August 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1936 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 302.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

247 broken records

Margins by which the 247 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1936

Top 20 records on 5 August 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1936	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1936	New Canton, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1936	Burindi, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1936	Franklin, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1936	Devonport Harbour Master, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1936	Patacharkuchi, IN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1936	Westbury (Valley View), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1936	Ormley, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1936	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1936	Khurai, IN	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Cincinnati Sus Brg, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Gangarampur, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Columbia 2SSE, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Deloraine (Athol), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Hypoluxo, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Boulder, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1936	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	27 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1936. 1936 had 309 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	224
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1