Weather Records on 5 July 1950

480 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1950. Highest significance: Helmond, NL.

Key Facts for 5 July 1950

On 5 July 1950, 480 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 463 daily.
Helmond set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 5 July 1950.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

480 stations

480 station records on 5 July 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	40.3 C (104.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moradabad	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kilpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	41.3 C (106.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

480 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 256.

Records on 5 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 11, daily 463.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

390 broken records

Margins by which the 390 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1950

Top 20 records on 5 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1950	Helmond, NL	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1950	Biser, RU	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1950	George Airport, ZA	monthly rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Quebec, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Disraeli, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Riva, IT	all-time high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	St Fereol, CA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Beloit, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Ada, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Steinkopf (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Greensburg 2 S, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Heerde, NL	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Kalangadoo, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Bologna, IT	daily high min	27.0 C (80.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	132 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1950	Williams, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	42 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1950. 1950 had 480 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 10	299
10 to 20	50
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3