Weather Records on 5 July 1947

815 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1947. Highest significance: Roto (Coombie), AU.

Key Facts for 5 July 1947

On 5 July 1947, 815 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 781 daily.
Roto (Coombie) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 5 July 1947.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

815 stations

815 station records on 5 July 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Irish Lords	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tullinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego the Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebung (Vermont Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgunnia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Government Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

815 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 658.

Records on 5 July 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	658
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1947 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

731 broken records

Margins by which the 731 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1947

Top 20 records on 5 July 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1947	Roto (Coombie), AU	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1947	Roto Station, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1947	Sandy Creek Tank, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1947	Cudal Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1947	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1947	Trida (Cogie), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1947	White Cliffs (Tarella), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1947	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1947	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Nymagee (Kenmure Station), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Naradhan (Uralba), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Hillston (Hunthawang), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	White Cliffs Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Jammalamadugu, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Peak Hill (Bruie Plains), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1947	Gooloogong Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	53 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

1796 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1947. 1947 had 815 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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Data for records on 1947-07-05: 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 10	466
10 to 20	157
20 to 30	77
30 to 40	21
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1