Weather Records on 5 August 2016

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 2016. Highest significance: Black Rvr Falls Sewage, US.

Key Facts for 5 August 2016

On 5 August 2016, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 530 daily.
Black Rvr Falls Sewage set a daily record precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 5 August 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 5 August 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Camp Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rome R B Russell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sibu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vorkuta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ytterhogdal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rouchel (Mount View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hyesan	Korea, North	Record high maximum temperature	39.7 C (103.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bilma	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Hairyuzovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trident	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leusi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poset	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kiefersfelden-Gach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shadrinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Litke	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tyumen Amsg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 176.

Records on 5 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 2016

Top 20 records on 5 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 2016	Black Rvr Falls Sewage, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	111 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2016	Camp Jackson, US	all-time rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2016	Ft Lewis, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2016	Downing, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	114 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2016	Surin, TH	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Rome R B Russell AP, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Friend 3E, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Evergreen, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Unionville, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Sibu, MY	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Setauket Strong, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	116 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Sambalpur, IN	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Vorkuta, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Glenwood, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Ytterhogdal, SE	all-time rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Elberton 2 N, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Stratford, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Upper Rouchel (Mount View), AU	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2016	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2016. 2016 had 544 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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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 10	364
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1