Weather Records on 5 July 1943

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1943. Highest significance: Astrakan, RU.

Key Facts for 5 July 1943

On 5 July 1943, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 404 daily.
Astrakan set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 5 July 1943.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 5 July 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 344.

Records on 5 July 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1943

Top 20 records on 5 July 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1943	Astrakan, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1943	Albert Lea 3SE, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Ventersburg (Mag), ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Mt Carmel 4 NW, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Rietbult, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Maraisburg (Gm), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Industria, ZA	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	St Peter, US	all-time rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Kalahasti, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Golconda River, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Grootvlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Louisville 1 E, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Saint John, CA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1943	Ramachandrapuram, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1943. 1943 had 418 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	262
10 to 20	70
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2