Weather Records on 5 August 1956

422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1956. Highest significance: Ridgway, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1956

On 5 August 1956, 422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 409 daily.
Ridgway set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 5 August 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

422 stations

422 station records on 5 August 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dhrangadhra	India	Record daily precipitation	287.5 mm (11.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Borsad	India	Record daily precipitation	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berasia	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springs 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nadiad	India	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anand	India	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sangod	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Suvasaratappa	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Susner	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arendtsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

422 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 130.

Records on 5 August 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

294 broken records

Margins by which the 294 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 258.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1956

Top 20 records on 5 August 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1956	Ridgway, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1956	Rahapur, IN	daily rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Franklin, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Bezeck, RU	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Dhrangadhra, IN	daily rain	287.5 mm (11.3 in)	258.3 mm (10.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Ranpur, IN	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Borsad, IN	monthly rain	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Poonampet, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Willowghby East Lake, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Berasia, IN	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Uniontown 1 NE, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Mundagod, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Narsingarh, IN	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Ebensburg, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1956	Rowlesburg 1, US	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	59 years	34 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1956. 1956 had 422 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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Data for records on 1956-08-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	284
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1