Weather Records on 5 July 1945

244 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1945. Highest significance: Philadelphia City, US.

Key Facts for 5 July 1945

On 5 July 1945, 244 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 239 daily.
Philadelphia City set a daily record precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 5 July 1945.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

244 stations

244 station records on 5 July 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sialsuk	India	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umbergaon	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pen	India	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cascavel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnalpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulculca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thelangerin East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magenta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolgumbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uardry 2 Out Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

244 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 5 July 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 239.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1945

Top 20 records on 5 July 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1945	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1945	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1945	Ashta, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1945	Fortaleza (Escola Regional), BR	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1945	Albany, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1945	Ozark 6 NNW, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1945	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1945	Jhajjar, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1945	Armagh, GB	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1945	Narsingarh, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Achalpur, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Hilliard, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Gadarwara, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	monthly low min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Sialsuk, IN	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Kota-In-Rajasthan, IN	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1945	Antah, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	27 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

1796 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1945. 1945 had 244 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 20	172
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1