Weather Records on 5 August 1957

518 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1957. Highest significance: Muzaffarpur, IN.

Key Facts for 5 August 1957

On 5 August 1957, 518 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 264 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 507 daily.
Muzaffarpur set a daily record precipitation of 193.5 mm (7.6 in) on 5 August 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

518 stations

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

Weather records on 5 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	40.3 C (104.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rajahmundry	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isakapally	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madhuban	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ladania	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Phulparas	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laukaha	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Katoria	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dhaka	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madhepur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Podor	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hunsur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

518 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 5 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1957

Top 20 records on 5 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1957	Muzaffarpur, IN	daily rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1957	Elkhart, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Shrigonda, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Hot Springs 2, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Tajique 4 N, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Kessariah, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Barharwa, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Tiruppattur, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Sultanganj, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Araria, IN	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Arkonam, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Tbilisi, GE	all-time high max	40.3 C (104.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Armagh, GB	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Rico, US	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Rajahmundry, IN	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Mingenew, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1957	Bakhtiarpur, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	37 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1957. 1957 had 518 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 1957-08-05: 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 20	354
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1