Weather Records on 5 August 1940

290 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1940. Highest significance: Panna, IN.

Key Facts for 5 August 1940

On 5 August 1940, 290 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 285 daily.
Panna set a daily record precipitation of 210.6 mm (8.3 in) on 5 August 1940.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

290 stations

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

Weather records on 5 August 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandar	India	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nagode	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mawphlang Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Datia	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manikpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

290 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 5 August 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1940 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 2, daily 285.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

219 broken records

Margins by which the 219 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1940

Top 20 records on 5 August 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1940	Panna, IN	daily rain	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Hannibal, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Rewa, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Cuero, US	all-time high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Chatarpur, IN	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Surgut, RU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1940	Bhandar, IN	all-time rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1940	Newport, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1940	Kherson, UA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1940	Tres Piedras, US	all-time high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1940	Loukahi, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1940	Charkhari, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1940	Goderich, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	61 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1940	Nagode, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1940	Peraiyur, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1940	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	36 years	29 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1940. 1940 had 290 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	192
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1