Weather Records on 5 August 1979

561 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1979. Highest significance: King River, AU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1979

On 5 August 1979, 561 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 506 daily.
King River set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.0 mm (3.3 in) on 5 August 1979.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

561 stations

561 station records on 5 August 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Manypeaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Polotsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zacapoaxtla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Supai	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrett Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anzobskij Pereval	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haggarda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xicotepec de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pichucalco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zhitckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Tibia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beregovo	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

561 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 127.

Records on 5 August 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1979 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 44, daily 506.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

386 broken records

Margins by which the 386 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1979

Top 20 records on 5 August 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1979	King River, AU	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1979	Los Reyes, MX	all-time rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1979	Albany, AU	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1979	Manypeaks, AU	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1979	Kalgan River, AU	monthly rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1979	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Warriup, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Cape Riche, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Verhneimbatsk, RU	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Polotsk, BY	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Atzalan, MX	monthly rain	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Las Vigas, MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Gorki, BY	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Rinconada, MX	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Teziutlan, MX	monthly rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Grassmere, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Zacapoaxtla (Smn), MX	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Huauchinango, MX	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1979	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low min	5.3 C (41.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	90 years	40 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1979. 1979 had 561 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 1979-08-05: 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	355
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1