Weather Records on 5 August 1975

692 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1975. Highest significance: Soljanka, RU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1975

On 5 August 1975, 692 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
288 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 636 daily.
Soljanka set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.4 mm (2.6 in) on 5 August 1975.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

692 stations

692 station records on 5 August 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soljanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Troitskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundabaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campbellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

692 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 258.

Records on 5 August 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1975 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 50, daily 636.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1975

Top 20 records on 5 August 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1975	Soljanka, RU	monthly rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1975	Troitskoe, RU	monthly rain	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1975	Milray Station Wrc, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Oxford, GB	daily high min	20.1 C (68.2 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Sinton, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Uccle, BE	daily high min	20.3 C (68.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	128 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Skegness, GB	all-time high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Jasper, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Springfield 2W, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Reserve, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Mogoca, RU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	31.6 C (88.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	128 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Paradis 7 S, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Uccle, BE	daily high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	128 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Tinnenburra, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Cet Central England, GB	monthly high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1975	Shubuta, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 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

1797 to 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1975. 1975 had 692 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 1975-08-05: 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 20	539
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1