Weather Records on 5 July 1971

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1971. Highest significance: Aquiraz, BR.

Key Facts for 5 July 1971

On 5 July 1971, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 412 daily.
Aquiraz set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 5 July 1971.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

431 stations

431 station records on 5 July 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aquiraz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zhigansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Riachao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Magdagaci	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macucos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vona	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aracatiacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sarutaia (US.Boa Vista-Clfsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anna	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie, Tweedie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Duartina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knight L C,Balgowan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murom	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Itaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arzamas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morobay Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Custer	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Penza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 July 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 July 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 412.

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 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1971

Top 20 records on 5 July 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1971	Aquiraz, BR	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Caucaia, BR	monthly rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Kloofend, ZA	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Wheatfield, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Zhigansk, RU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Acude Ipaguassu, BR	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Acude Riachao, BR	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Magdagaci, RU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Cezu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Tuscola, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Macucos, BR	monthly rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Mundau, BR	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Vona, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Joliet, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Sao Luiz Do Curu, BR	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1971	Aracatiacu, BR	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	52 years	41 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 431 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 50	331
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1