Weather Records on 5 July 1986

1,155 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1986. Highest significance: Detour Village, US.

Key Facts for 5 July 1986

On 5 July 1986, 1,155 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
372 were record highs and 427 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 1,092 daily.
Detour Village set an all-time record daily precipitation of 170.7 mm (6.7 in) on 5 July 1986.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

1,155 stations

1,155 station records on 5 July 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pereque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freudenstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Altenbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Makkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman 12 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schiermonnikoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nyssa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melsungen-Burstoss	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ambrose 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nijbeets	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joure	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,155 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 214, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 213, Heaviest daily rainfall 355, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 July 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	214
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	213
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1986 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 56, daily 1,092.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

891 broken records

Margins by which the 891 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1986

Top 20 records on 5 July 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1986	Detour Village, US	all-time rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1986	Mersa Matruh, EG	monthly low min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Caen-Carpiquet, FR	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Lewistown 11 SSE, US	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Firth, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Pereque, BR	daily rain	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Freudenstadt, DE	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Altenbern, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Salida, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Dandongadale (Mountain View), AU	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Makkum, NL	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Wheaton 3 SE, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Bozeman 12 NE, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Happy Camp Rs, US	monthly low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Austin 3 S, US	monthly low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1986	Rico, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	43 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

1796 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1986. 1986 had 1,155 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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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 2026-10-17 (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	866
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1