Weather Records on 5 August 1973

983 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1973. Highest significance: Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 August 1973

On 5 August 1973, 983 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 939 daily.
Durban-Botanical Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 5 August 1973.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

983 stations

983 station records on 5 August 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Flamengo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marruas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pereiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wonganoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cardabia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakkloof Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bonito de Santa Fe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Abydos	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Makakatana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Clere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cobra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetveld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Loskop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Giralia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marrecas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marillana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eudamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Catole	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

983 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 138, Heaviest daily rainfall 665.

Records on 5 August 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	138
Heaviest daily rainfall	665
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1973 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 42, daily 939.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

857 broken records

Margins by which the 857 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1973

Top 20 records on 5 August 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1973	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	101 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1973	Landor, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1973	Flamengo, BR	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1973	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1973	Marruas, BR	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1973	Heritage, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1973	Pereiro, BR	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1973	Wonganoo, AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Sao Jose de Piranhas, BR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Roy Hill, AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Cardabia, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Mundiwindi, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Umlaas Waterworks, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Oatlands, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Hlobane, ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Vlakkloof Estate, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Bonito de Santa Fe, BR	monthly rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Sedgewick, CA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1973	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	56 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1973. 1973 had 983 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).