Weather Records on 5 August 1981

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1981. Highest significance: Fullerton, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1981

On 5 August 1981, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
295 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 723 daily.
Fullerton set a daily record precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 5 August 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 5 August 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
St Pamphile	Canada	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nevelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	134.7 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ph Wainiha 1115	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Comstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kvareli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Asahikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg Richardson Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Turner	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Patrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haboro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sapporo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	168.5 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Lac Morin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Anne de la Perade	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Malo D Auckland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dolinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 299.

Records on 5 August 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1981 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 22, daily 723.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1981

Top 20 records on 5 August 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1981	Fullerton, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1981	St Pamphile, CA	all-time rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1981	Nevelsk, RU	all-time rain	134.7 mm (5.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1981	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Columbus 3 NE, US	all-time rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Schuyler, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Winnfield 3 N, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Princeville Rch 1117, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Angoon Pwr, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Koloko Rsvr 1137, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Mahinahina 466, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Great Falls, CA	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Ph Wainiha 1115, US	daily rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Comstock, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Chasm Falls, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1981	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	49 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1981. 1981 had 754 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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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	536
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1