Weather Records on 5 July 1957

491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1957. Highest significance: Wien, AT.

Key Facts for 5 July 1957

On 5 July 1957, 491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 466 daily.
Wien set an all-time record high maximum temperature of 37.5 C (99.5 F) on 5 July 1957.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

491 stations

491 station records on 5 July 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tirora	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roomal	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

491 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 196.

Records on 5 July 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	196
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1957 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 11, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1957

Top 20 records on 5 July 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1957	Wien, AT	all-time high max	37.5 C (99.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	97 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Tirora, IN	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Bodalkasa, IN	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Freiburg, DE	all-time high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Van Reenen, ZA	monthly rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Falmouth, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Aralskoe More, KZ	all-time rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Williamstown, US	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Lowville, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Versailles, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Sonnblick, AT	all-time high min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Zugspitze, DE	all-time high max	17.9 C (64.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Markland Dam 39, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Piqua, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Greylingstad (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1957	Moores Hill, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	36 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1957. 1957 had 491 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	381
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1