Weather Records on 5 August 1944

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1944. Highest significance: Kulu, IN.

Key Facts for 5 August 1944

On 5 August 1944, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
322 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 492 daily.
Kulu set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 5 August 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 5 August 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarbad	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	274.8 mm (10.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Howe	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karchana	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 August 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 August 1944 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 21, daily 492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

384 broken records

Margins by which the 384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 175.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1944

Top 20 records on 5 August 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1944	Kulu, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Palampur, IN	daily rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Kazan, RU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Mistassini Post, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Muzaffarbad, PK	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Gobichettipalaya, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Atchison, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Kotli, PK	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Shelbina, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Moncton, CA	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Carrizozo 1SW, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Dharmsala Lower, IN	daily rain	274.8 mm (10.8 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1944	Meja, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	34 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1944. 1944 had 520 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 1944-08-05: 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 25	358
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1