Weather Records on 5 August 1945

311 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1945. Highest significance: Vik I Sogn III, NO.

Key Facts for 5 August 1945

On 5 August 1945, 311 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 301 daily.
Vik I Sogn III set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.8 mm (2.4 in) on 5 August 1945.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

311 stations

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

Weather records on 5 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Rust (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heath Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darsi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sangola	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

311 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 150.

Records on 5 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1945

Top 20 records on 5 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1945	Vik I Sogn III, NO	monthly rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1945	Krishnapatnam, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Ft Lupton 2 SE, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Podili(Podile), IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Alta, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Lansing, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Nellore, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Addanki, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Tufanganj, IN	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Clinton 1SSW, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Boyatup, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Elsie, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Batesville, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1945	Tenali, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1945	Burnett 3 S, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1945	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1945	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1945. 1945 had 311 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 20	201
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2