Weather Records on 5 August 2007

787 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 2007. Highest significance: Antioch, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 2007

On 5 August 2007, 787 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
395 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 744 daily.
Antioch set a daily record precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 5 August 2007.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

787 stations

787 station records on 5 August 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecitos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sisal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blanchardville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zuni	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McHenry Stratton Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Honavar	India	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Niles	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bettles AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Panelas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benavides #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa El Tigre	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arizpe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dyce	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coatepec Harinas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bacanuchi	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

787 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 229, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 162.

Records on 5 August 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	229
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 2007 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 41, daily 744.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 2007

Top 20 records on 5 August 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 2007	Antioch, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2007	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2007	Stoughton Wwtp, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2007	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Vallecitos, MX	monthly rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Sisal, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Fort Huachuca, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Balmoral, GB	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Wick, GB	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Mott, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Blanchardville #2, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Richland Ctr, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Zuni, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Veraval, IN	daily rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Ft Atkinson Wwtp, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Imuris (Smn), MX	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	St George, US	monthly high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Viroqua, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2007	Zumbrota, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	94 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2007. 2007 had 787 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 2007-08-05: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	489
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1