Weather Records on 5 August 1971

748 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1971. Highest significance: Umba, RU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1971

On 5 August 1971, 748 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 406 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 733 daily.
Umba set an all-time record daily precipitation of 67.1 mm (2.6 in) on 5 August 1971.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

748 stations

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

Weather records on 5 August 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Umba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colinet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna Lock 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sosnovo-Ozerskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seguin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

748 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 258, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 August 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	258
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 August 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 733.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1971

Top 20 records on 5 August 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1971	Umba, RU	all-time rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1971	Menard, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Chapala, MX	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Superior, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	La Belle, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Colinet, CA	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Conway, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Valdosta 2 S, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Mexia, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Lakeside Rs, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Brenham, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Camden 1, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Ness City, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Marlin, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Cameron, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Columbus, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1971	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	50 years	37 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1971. 1971 had 748 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 1971-08-05: 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 50	555
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1