Weather Records on 5 August 1967

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1967. Highest significance: Ristna, EE.

Key Facts for 5 August 1967

On 5 August 1967, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 332 daily.
Ristna set an all-time record daily precipitation of 81.1 mm (3.2 in) on 5 August 1967.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 5 August 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chatna	India	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monkerai Upper (Redleaf)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yimkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summervale (Gundaur)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cotija	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Regina	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sujangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chohataury	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 181.

Records on 5 August 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1967 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1967

Top 20 records on 5 August 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1967	Ristna, EE	all-time rain	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1967	Chatna, IN	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Bankura Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Monkerai Upper (Redleaf), AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Old Koreelah (McPherson), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Piaxtla, MX	monthly low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Minto Surrey Street, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Yimkin, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Denton 2 E, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Wilson 3 SW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Coatesville 1 SW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Ephrata, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Auraiya, IN	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Russell, CA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	San Fidel 2 E, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1967	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	39 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1967. 1967 had 347 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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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	251
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1