Weather Records on 5 August 1938

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1938. Highest significance: Willcox, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1938

On 5 August 1938, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 397 daily.
Willcox set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 5 August 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 5 August 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madhugiri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hailakundi India	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Urvakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Barracks	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dandridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baxter	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 153.

Records on 5 August 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1938 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 397.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1938

Top 20 records on 5 August 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1938	Willcox, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Sangli, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Madhugiri, IN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Chiknayakanihall, IN	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Hailakundi India, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Huntingburg AP, US	all-time rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Mt Vernon, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Palestine, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Farmersburg, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Urvakonda, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1938	Mettupalayam, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1938	College Park, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1938	Muenster, DE	all-time high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1938	Gubbi Sr, IN	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1938	Calcutta/Barracks, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1938	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1938	La Sal, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1938. 1938 had 420 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 10	244
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1