Weather Records on 5 July 1994

1,137 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1994. Highest significance: Experiment, US.

Key Facts for 5 July 1994

On 5 July 1994, 1,137 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
681 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,087 daily.
Experiment set an all-time record daily precipitation of 266.7 mm (10.5 in) on 5 July 1994.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

1,137 stations

1,137 station records on 5 July 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	96 of 100 (Exceptional)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	308.6 mm (12.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	260.4 mm (10.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Juliette	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Birney	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bhopal/Bairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Douglasville 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Subauma	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pedrinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Midville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kareeya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chifeng	China	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,137 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 292, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 389, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 286.

Records on 5 July 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	292
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	389
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1994 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 40, daily 1,087.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

862 broken records

Margins by which the 862 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 217.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1994

Top 20 records on 5 July 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1994	Experiment, US	all-time rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	92 years	96 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 July 1994	Butler, US	all-time rain	308.6 mm (12.1 in)	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	37 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 July 1994	Woodbury, US	monthly rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	71 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 July 1994	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Jonesboro, US	all-time rain	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP, US	all-time rain	260.4 mm (10.3 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	23 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Benson, US	monthly rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Cuthbert, US	daily rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	122.1 mm (4.8 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Juliette, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1994	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1994	Yungaburra, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1994	Uralsk, KZ	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1994	La Grange 1N, US	monthly rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1994	Talbotton, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1994	Newnan 7 WNW, US	all-time rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	52 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1994. 1994 had 1,137 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 50	845
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1