Weather Records on 5 August 2014

915 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 2014. Highest significance: Vaexjoe, SE.

Key Facts for 5 August 2014

On 5 August 2014, 915 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
368 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 848 daily.
Vaexjoe set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 5 August 2014.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

915 stations

915 station records on 5 August 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Orrefors_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bear Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Karlskrona-Soderstj.	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nybro-Slattingebygd D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Komstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Buhl #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rorsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre_Soppero	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Huskvarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Lake 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Seventysix Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hinshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Draw Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hassleby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Torsas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ungsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rorvik_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lessebo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nha Trang	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulrika	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Djursatra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vittangi	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jack Creek Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Soraby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Reno AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hogland	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

915 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 150, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 340.

Records on 5 August 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	150
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 2014 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 58, daily 848.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

765 broken records

Margins by which the 765 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 2014

Top 20 records on 5 August 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 2014	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	104 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2014	Szeged, HU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2014	Orrefors_D, SE	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2014	Bear Creek, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2014	Karlskrona-Soderstj., SE	all-time rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2014	Nybro-Slattingebygd D, SE	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2014	Komstorp, SE	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2014	Buhl #2, US	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2014	Rorsbo, SE	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Ovre_Soppero, SE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Huskvarna, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Summer Lake 1 S, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Seventysix Creek, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Hinshult, SE	monthly rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Svinhult_D, SE	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Draw Creek, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Ronneby-Bredakra, SE	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Hassleby, SE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Big Bend, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2014	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	53 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2014. 2014 had 915 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 2014-08-05: 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	655
10 to 20	70
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1