Weather Records on 5 August 2001

986 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 2001. Highest significance: Apalachicola AP, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 2001

On 5 August 2001, 986 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
673 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 927 daily.
Apalachicola AP set a daily record precipitation of 149.9 mm (5.9 in) on 5 August 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

986 stations

986 station records on 5 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vaernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Pioneer Bend)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Myskelasen_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leinstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarko-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quillayute AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haltdalen III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hibbing Chisholm Hibbing AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

986 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 282, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 391, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 5 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	282
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	391
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 55, daily 927.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 2001

Top 20 records on 5 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 2001	Apalachicola AP, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2001	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Narva, EE	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Krasnyj Chikoj, RU	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Temple, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Tartu-Toravere, EE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Vaernes, NO	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Hede, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Tower 2S, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Iowa City, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Spencer 1 N, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Poretskoye, RU	daily low max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Parndana (Pioneer Bend), AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Myskelasen_D, SE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2001	Kennebec, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	39 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2001. 2001 had 986 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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Data for records on 2001-08-05: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	672
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1