Weather Records on 5 August 1963

311 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1963. Highest significance: Ashley, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1963

On 5 August 1963, 311 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 304 daily.
Ashley set a daily record precipitation of 58.2 mm (2.3 in) on 5 August 1963.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

311 stations

311 station records on 5 August 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beacon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	166.2 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	149.2 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gandipet(Osmansa)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zion Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

311 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 184.

Records on 5 August 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 304.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1963

Top 20 records on 5 August 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1963	Ashley, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Mancos 1SW, US	all-time rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Kostroma, RU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Beacon, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Santander Centro, ES	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Siruguppa, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Marquette, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Rajapur, IN	daily rain	166.2 mm (6.5 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Coorow, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Balkapur, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Nandikottur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Tirupoondi, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Kiev, UA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Buntine, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	149.2 mm (5.9 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Hartington, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Saguache, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1963	Wawaitin, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	35 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1963. 1963 had 311 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 1963-08-05: 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 10	204
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1