Weather Records on 5 July 1951

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1951. Highest significance: Point Escuminac, CA.

Key Facts for 5 July 1951

On 5 July 1951, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 329 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 618 daily.
Point Escuminac set a daily record precipitation of 60.7 mm (2.4 in) on 5 July 1951.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 5 July 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vulcan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bandwan	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 238, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 242.

Records on 5 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	238
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1951

Top 20 records on 5 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1951	Point Escuminac, CA	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1951	Bagewadi, IN	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Arkonam, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Piler(Pileru), IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Ventspils, LV	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Kalahasti, IN	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Punganur, IN	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Nawadah, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Lewiston, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Mulbagal, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Bic, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Vriddhachalam, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Tiruttani, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1951	Brockville, CA	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	38 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1951. 1951 had 635 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).