Weather Records on 5 July 1997

962 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1997. Highest significance: Reit Im Winkl, DE.

Key Facts for 5 July 1997

On 5 July 1997, 962 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
383 were record highs and 404 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 904 daily.
Reit Im Winkl set a daily record precipitation of 102.4 mm (4.0 in) on 5 July 1997.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

962 stations

962 station records on 5 July 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Tjukalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Elat	Israel	Record high minimum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	65 of 100 (Major)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Capomal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kiefersfelden-Gach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norrby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rauschberg Bei Ruhpolding	Germany	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Certkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ering	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Huerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kroksjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Feldkirchen-Westerham-Lenzmuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

962 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 204, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 200, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 5 July 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	204
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	200
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1997 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 47, daily 904.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

673 broken records

Margins by which the 673 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1997

Top 20 records on 5 July 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1997	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	96 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1997	Tjukalinsk, RU	all-time rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1997	Elat, IL	all-time high min	37.0 C (98.6 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1997	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1997	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	111 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1997	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	111 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Falun, SE	monthly rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	135 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Graham, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Capomal, MX	daily rain	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Ebersberg-Halbing, DE	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Wien, AT	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Alton 1 W, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Lexington 3E, US	monthly low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Kiefersfelden-Gach, DE	daily rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Bad Reichenhall, DE	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Norrby, SE	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1997	Rauschberg Bei Ruhpolding, DE	daily rain	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	4 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

1796 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1997. 1997 had 962 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	645
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1