Weather Records on 5 August 1946

374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1946. Highest significance: White Hall 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1946

On 5 August 1946, 374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 365 daily.
White Hall 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 5 August 1946.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

374 stations

374 station records on 5 August 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jhalod	India	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Triprayar	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chowghat	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Udaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deesa	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jaswantpura	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Allepey Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neemuch	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

374 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 5 August 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1946

Top 20 records on 5 August 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1946	White Hall 1 E, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Sachor, IN	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	119.7 mm (4.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Haskinville, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Ambalapuza, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Palanpur, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Zhizdra, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Jhalod, IN	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Triprayar, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Chowghat, IN	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Louisiana Starks Nurse, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1946	Kingston Queens U, CA	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1946	Udaipur, IN	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1946	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily high max	27.3 C (81.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1946	Deesa, IN	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1946	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1946	Adur, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1946	Griggsville, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	31 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1946. 1946 had 374 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	244
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1