Weather Records on 5 August 1954

543 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1954. Highest significance: Conrad, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1954

On 5 August 1954, 543 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 523 daily.
Conrad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.8 mm (2.5 in) on 5 August 1954.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

543 stations

543 station records on 5 August 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macklin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Daryapur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penugonda	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colachel Salt Fa	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kawailoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parbhani	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

543 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 215.

Records on 5 August 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1954 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

410 broken records

Margins by which the 410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1954

Top 20 records on 5 August 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1954	Conrad, US	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Tadoussac, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Thamaraikulam, IN	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Sadabad, IN	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Sidney 2 N, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Havre Wb City, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Waseca, CA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Asifabad(Rev), IN	monthly rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Macklin, CA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Denton, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Yellow Mountain, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Daryapur, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	1 WSW Princeton, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Koolau Dam 833, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Penugonda, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1954	Eraniel, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	40 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

1797 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1954. 1954 had 543 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	308
10 to 20	55
20 to 30	30
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2