Weather Records on 5 August 1978

948 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1978. Highest significance: Haskell, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1978

On 5 August 1978, 948 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 501 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 926 daily.
Haskell set a daily record low maximum temperature of 18.3 C (64.9 F) on 5 August 1978.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

948 stations

948 station records on 5 August 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kielpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Langhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buckleboo (Buclkeboo Post Offi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ozernaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Finspang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riddarhyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vattholma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz-Litoral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anna	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Earaheedy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

948 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 226, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 275, Heaviest daily rainfall 281.

Records on 5 August 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	226
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	275
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 926.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

732 broken records

Margins by which the 732 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 116.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1978

Top 20 records on 5 August 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1978	Haskell, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1978	Coloso, PR	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Fairfield 3W, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Kielpa, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Throckmorton, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Langhult, SE	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Bowie, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Buckleboo (Buclkeboo Post Offi, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Aquidaba, BR	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Ozernaja, RU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Finspang, SE	all-time rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Cumming 2N, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Emory, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Frei Paulo, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Gary, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Warburton Airfield, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1978	Sulak, RU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	44 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1978. 1978 had 948 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 1978-08-05: 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	673
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1