Weather Records on 5 August 1993

1,145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1993. Highest significance: Paxton, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 1993

On 5 August 1993, 1,145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 573 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,110 daily.
Paxton set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 5 August 1993.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,145 stations

1,145 station records on 5 August 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Tanhoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	261.1 mm (10.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rouchel (Mount View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Florencia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coyame (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Vale (Manly Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washita	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hollow	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Celkar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homutovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,145 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 417, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 256.

Records on 5 August 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	417
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1993 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 31, daily 1,110.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

850 broken records

Margins by which the 850 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 162.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1993

Top 20 records on 5 August 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1993	Paxton, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1993	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1993	Tanhoj, RU	all-time rain	261.1 mm (10.3 in)	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	2 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1993	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	82 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1993	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Lima, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Leoti, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Ft Supply 3SE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Evanston 1 E, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Upper Rouchel (Mount View), AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	La Florencia, MX	daily rain	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Crescent City, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Leavenworth, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Tylertown 5ESE, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Balla, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Irkutsk, RU	all-time rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Valley Head, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	Kingston, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1993	El Dorado, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	82 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1993. 1993 had 1,145 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 1993-08-05: 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 25	822
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1