Weather Records on 5 August 1951

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1951. Highest significance: Hansboro 4 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1951

On 5 August 1951, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 300 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 544 daily.
Hansboro 4 NNE set a daily record precipitation of 78.5 mm (3.1 in) on 5 August 1951.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

557 stations

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

Weather records on 5 August 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Ringwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kawainui Lower 193	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cowan Cowan Signal STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Hall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 217, Heaviest daily rainfall 125.

Records on 5 August 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	217
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1951 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 9, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1951

Top 20 records on 5 August 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1951	Hansboro 4 NNE, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Portal, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Conroe, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Kalgan River, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Barrie, CA	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Philadelphia City, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Condobolin (Ringwood), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	St John's, CA	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Algona, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	Houston Wb City, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1951	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1951	Westhope, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1951	Perth Regional Office, AU	all-time low max	9.9 C (49.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1951	Tallinn, EE	monthly low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1951	Pandaria, IN	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1951. 1951 had 557 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	396
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1