Weather Records on 5 August 1977

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1977. Highest significance: Ramsele, SE.

Key Facts for 5 August 1977

On 5 August 1977, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 569 daily.
Ramsele set an all-time record daily precipitation of 126.0 mm (5.0 in) on 5 August 1977.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 5 August 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ramsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Emba	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dono	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Long Is 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Velykyi Burluk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulriksfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spas-Demensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kadoka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Lester B. Pearson Int'	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forder 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lame Deer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Upton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taber	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 5 August 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1977 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 569.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1977

Top 20 records on 5 August 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1977	Ramsele, SE	all-time rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	10 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1977	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1977	Emba, KZ	monthly rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1977	Presque Isle, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1977	Utica, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Bonner Springs, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Healy, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Dono, RU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Erie Intl AP, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Long Is 1N, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	York, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	St Hyacinthe, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Sretensk, RU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Augusta, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Wheatland 4N, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Velykyi Burluk, UA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Chugwater, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Borzja, RU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1977	Rock Springs, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	77 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1977. 1977 had 583 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 1977-08-05: 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	434
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1