Weather Records on 5 August 1974

810 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1974. Highest significance: Lexington, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1974

On 5 August 1974, 810 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 428 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 786 daily.
Lexington set a daily record precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 5 August 1974.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

810 stations

810 station records on 5 August 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rhebokskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norman Wells A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehorse A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Plaisante	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crider Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murmansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Noggerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Padun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Samara	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

810 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 305, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 August 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	305
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 August 1974 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 19, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 914.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1974

Top 20 records on 5 August 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1974	Lexington, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1974	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1974	McGregor (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1974	Hopefield (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Touws River, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Roby, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Rhebokskraal, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Canyon Dam, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Hillman, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Duranillin, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Norman Wells A, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Whitehorse A, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Rotan, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	La Plaisante, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Crider Rch, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Brunswick Junction, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1974	Wupperthal, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	46 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1974. 1974 had 810 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 1974-08-05: 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 200	608
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1