Weather Records on 5 August 1941

443 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1941. Highest significance: Inverloch, AU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1941

On 5 August 1941, 443 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 423 daily.
Inverloch set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 5 August 1941.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

443 stations

443 station records on 5 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dome Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farukhnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tilhar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aonla	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

443 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 5 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1941

Top 20 records on 5 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1941	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Tunnsjo, NO	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Orje, NO	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Tarnaby, SE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Rena, NO	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Roros, NO	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Gellibrand River East (Lovat), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Kotarh, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Basudevpur (Eram), IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1941	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1941	Tustervatnet, NO	monthly rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1941	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1941	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1941	Drevja, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1941. 1941 had 443 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	279
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1