Weather Records on 5 August 2011

1,347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 2011. Highest significance: Arthur, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 2011

On 5 August 2011, 1,347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
961 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 1,263 daily.
Arthur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 5 August 2011.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,347 stations

1,347 station records on 5 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leon 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Angle	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chervjanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nancy-Ochey	France	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook 17 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lisco	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanzil-Kynak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guantanamo Bay NAS	Cuba	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Gil	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ameca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Terry 21 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,347 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 437, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 524, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 5 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	437
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	524
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 64, daily 1,263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

946 broken records

Margins by which the 946 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 2011

Top 20 records on 5 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 2011	Arthur, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2011	Mt Holly 4 NE, US	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2011	Frances, AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	117 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2011	Aguirre, PR	monthly rain	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2011	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	all-time high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2011	Gauhati, IN	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2011	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	122 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2011	Billings Intl AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Leon 6 ESE, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Busby, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Angle, US	all-time rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Haigler, US	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Blakely, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	117 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Paris, US	daily high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	113 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Chervjanka, RU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Marshfield 4 WSW, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Lincolnton 4 W, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Yeneka, MX	daily high min	32.8 C (91.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2011	Camden 1, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	47 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2011. 2011 had 1,347 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 2011-08-05: 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	914
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2