Weather Records on 5 August 2010

1,626 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 2010. Highest significance: Dumas, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 2010

On 5 August 2010, 1,626 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,188 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 31 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 1,488 daily.
Dumas set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 5 August 2010.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,626 stations

1,626 station records on 5 August 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Triunfo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fujin	China	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tapijulapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bayview Model Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bienville 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,626 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 505, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 683, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 247.

Records on 5 August 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	505
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	683
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 2010 by timescale: all-time 31, monthly 107, daily 1,488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,165 broken records

Margins by which the 1,165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 2010

Top 20 records on 5 August 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 2010	Dumas, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2010	Stotten, DE	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Jagdalpur, IN	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler, DE	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Boos, DE	daily rain	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Mason City, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Kursk, RU	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Gossweinstein, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Kalingapatam, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Ixtlan del Rio, MX	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	El Triunfo, MX	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	34.1 C (93.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	114 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Clemson UNIV, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Merklingen, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily high max	40.1 C (104.2 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	114 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	135 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2010	Sotchi, RU	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	100 years	45 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2010. 2010 had 1,626 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 2010-08-05: 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	1,085
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2