Weather Records on 5 August 1999

834 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 1999. Highest significance: Kamennaja-Step, RU.

Key Facts for 5 August 1999

On 5 August 1999, 834 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 278 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 804 daily.
Kamennaja-Step set a daily record precipitation of 52.9 mm (2.1 in) on 5 August 1999.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

834 stations

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

Weather records on 5 August 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
El Rito	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Darby	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Winschoten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barnaul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Soloneshnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vize	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Veenhuizen (D)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vigo Peinador	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neozhidannyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamysin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kystovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponyri	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allende	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regnier	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Neal	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cabin Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bombana (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sivas	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	46.0 C (114.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

834 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 150, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 245.

Records on 5 August 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	150
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 1999 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 27, daily 804.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 1999

Top 20 records on 5 August 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 1999	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1999	Flagler 1S, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1999	El Rito, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1999	Darby, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1999	Zametchino, RU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1999	Mt Adams Rs, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 1999	Winschoten, NL	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Frontera Amatenango, MX	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Barnaul, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	A Coruna, ES	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Eelde, NL	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Eelde-1, NL	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Brunswick, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Hatch, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Memphis, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Soloneshnoe, RU	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Los Gatos, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Presa Taxhimay, MX	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 1999	Johnson Rch, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1999. 1999 had 834 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1999-08-05: 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 10	560
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1