Weather Records on 5 July 1959

318 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1959. Highest significance: Raichur, IN.

Key Facts for 5 July 1959

On 5 July 1959, 318 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 311 daily.
Raichur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 5 July 1959.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

318 stations

318 station records on 5 July 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harihar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	234.9 mm (9.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dharni	India	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warora	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pathankot	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pali	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	232.2 mm (9.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

318 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 182.

Records on 5 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

262 broken records

Margins by which the 262 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1959

Top 20 records on 5 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1959	Raichur, IN	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1959	Langet, IN	all-time rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1959	Pattikonda, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Tijara, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Doniphan, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Belleville, CA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Akalkot, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Brantford, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Kadiri, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Alur, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Tshakhuma, ZA	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Ghorajheri, IN	daily rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Pulivendla, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Dras, IN	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Nalesar, IN	daily rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Farmington, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1959	Gooty, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	38 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1959. 1959 had 318 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	206
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1