Weather Records on 5 August 1962

451 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1962. Highest significance: Voru, EE.

Key Facts for 5 August 1962

On 5 August 1962, 451 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 442 daily.
Voru set a daily record precipitation of 39.7 mm (1.6 in) on 5 August 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

451 stations

451 station records on 5 August 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	123.9 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junction City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fisk	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Andres	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

451 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 144.

Records on 5 August 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1962

Top 20 records on 5 August 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1962	Voru, EE	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Maihar, IN	daily rain	123.9 mm (4.9 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Enterprise, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Tooma, EE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Jogeva, EE	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Khaga, IN	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Frostburg, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Ignace, CA	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	American Falls 6 NE, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Wells, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Apatzingan (Smn), MX	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Junction City, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Greenville 6 N, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1962	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1962	Jackson, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1962	Garnett 1 E, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 August 1962	Lewiston, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	33 years	33 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1962. 1962 had 451 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 1962-08-05: 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	307
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1