Weather Records on 5 July 1955

437 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1955. Highest significance: Mirzapur, IN.

Key Facts for 5 July 1955

On 5 July 1955, 437 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 417 daily.
Mirzapur set a daily record precipitation of 220.7 mm (8.7 in) on 5 July 1955.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

437 stations

437 station records on 5 July 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	220.7 mm (8.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Whiting	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

437 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 5 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1955

Top 20 records on 5 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1955	Mirzapur, IN	daily rain	220.7 mm (8.7 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	St Albans, CA	all-time rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Phulpur, IN	daily rain	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Brocken, DE	daily rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Minusinsk, RU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Gogri, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Achinsk, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Elgin Water, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Bancroft, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Campsie, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Winnemucca AP, US	monthly low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Northwood, US	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Hyannis, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Birtle, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1955	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	72 years	35 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1955. 1955 had 437 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	307
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1