Weather Records on 5 August 1943

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1943. Highest significance: Ulricehamn, SE.

Key Facts for 5 August 1943

On 5 August 1943, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 422 daily.
Ulricehamn set an all-time record daily precipitation of 93.2 mm (3.7 in) on 5 August 1943.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

436 stations

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

Weather records on 5 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baripada	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glencliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gola	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmasala	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rudrapur/Kitchha	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 5 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1943

Top 20 records on 5 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1943	Ulricehamn, SE	all-time rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1943	Rajauli, IN	all-time rain	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Goilkera, IN	daily rain	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	127.7 mm (5.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Baripada, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Cimarron, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Ghatsila Sr, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Khutar, IN	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Glenville, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Hutchinson River, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Gidhour, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Bahragora, IN	monthly rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Astoria, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Jagnathpur, IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Kharsawan, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Cairo 3 S, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1943	Najibabad, IN	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	35 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

1797 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1943. 1943 had 436 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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Data for records on 1943-08-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	302
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1