Weather Records on 5 August 1994

1,944 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1994. Highest significance: Nellore, IN.

Key Facts for 5 August 1994

On 5 August 1994, 1,944 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,100 were record highs and 584 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 45 were all-time records, 132 monthly and 1,767 daily.
Nellore set a monthly record daily precipitation of 199.9 mm (7.9 in) on 5 August 1994.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,944 stations

1,944 station records on 5 August 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sam	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Totolapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rhenostervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luneburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,944 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 607, Lowest daily maximum 282, Highest daily minimum 493, Lowest daily minimum 302, Heaviest daily rainfall 260.

Records on 5 August 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	607
Lowest daily maximum	282
Highest daily minimum	493
Lowest daily minimum	302
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1994 by timescale: all-time 45, monthly 132, daily 1,767.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,488 broken records

Margins by which the 1,488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1994

Top 20 records on 5 August 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1994	Nellore, IN	monthly rain	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	28 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1994	High Brg Lock 7, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1994	Dillenburg, DE	all-time rain	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1994	Sam, KZ	all-time rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1994	Ashland, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Totolapa (Smn), MX	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Biloxi, US	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Blue Mtn Dam, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	20.4 C (68.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	114 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily high max	32.9 C (91.2 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Rhenostervlei, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Brockton, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Xiamen, CN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Schierke, DE	daily high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	89 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Tlacotepec, MX	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1994	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	89 years	42 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1994. 1994 had 1,944 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 2026-10-17 (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	1,454
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1