Weather Records on 5 July 1999

1,838 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1999. Highest significance: Two Harbors, US.

Key Facts for 5 July 1999

On 5 July 1999, 1,838 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,203 were record highs and 320 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 66 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 1,696 daily.
Two Harbors set a daily record precipitation of 104.9 mm (4.1 in) on 5 July 1999.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

1,838 stations

1,838 station records on 5 July 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Marienberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
South Caroling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brucken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kulin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Malyalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wanneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Acungui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Horcones	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brimson 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie-Lea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Tuito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Bramador	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	193.3 mm (7.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tenango de Doria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Yeche	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maysboro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco Treatment Plant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tomatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Higuera de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,838 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 344, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 859, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 July 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	344
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	859
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 July 1999 by timescale: all-time 66, monthly 76, daily 1,696.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,381 broken records

Margins by which the 1,381 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1999

Top 20 records on 5 July 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1999	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1999	Marienberg, DE	all-time rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1999	Flying Fish Point, AU	monthly rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1999	South Caroling, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1999	Brucken, DE	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1999	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1999	Madeline Is, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	W Branch 3SE, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Cotton, US	monthly rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Kulin, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Malyalling, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Barberton, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Wanneroo, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Colorado, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Barra Do Acungui, BR	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Rogersville 1 NE, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Reading Wb City, US	all-time high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Horcones, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Brimson 2S, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1999	Springview 2NW, US	monthly low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	51 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1999. 1999 had 1,838 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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Data for records on 1999-07-05: 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 20	1,323
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1