Weather Records on 5 July 1940

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1940. Highest significance: Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU.

Key Facts for 5 July 1940

On 5 July 1940, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 333 daily.
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale) set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 5 July 1940.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 5 July 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 79.

Records on 5 July 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 333.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1940

Top 20 records on 5 July 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1940	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1940	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1940	Tumby Bay, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1940	Cleve (Pineside), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1940	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1940	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1940	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1940	Yates Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1940	Magarwara, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1940	Lampasas, US	monthly low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Griffin, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Columbus Dardc, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high max	16.8 C (62.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Beckley Va Hospital, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Pendra Road, IN	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Tibri, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1940	Canton 4N, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	26 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

1796 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1940. 1940 had 352 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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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	223
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3