Weather Records on 5 July 2018

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 2018. Highest significance: Las Vegas Muni AP, US.

Key Facts for 5 July 2018

On 5 July 2018, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
526 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 725 daily.
Las Vegas Muni AP set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 5 July 2018.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 5 July 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Galeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sapporo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kutchan	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pago Pago WSO AP	American Samoa [United States]	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Blair Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jingdezhen	China	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gallegos Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Resource Centre	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Youyang	China	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Culebra #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 297, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 164.

Records on 5 July 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	297
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 2018 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 22, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 2018

Top 20 records on 5 July 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 2018	Las Vegas Muni AP, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2018	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2018	Tsuruga, JP	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2018	Galeton, US	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 July 2018	Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Houston-Westbury, US	monthly rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Tezpur, IN	monthly rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	99 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Sapporo, JP	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Whitesville 1N, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Hugoton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Albany, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Kutchan, JP	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Tsuyama, JP	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Quinter, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Pago Pago WSO AP, AS	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Buckhannon, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	120 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Youngs Siding, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	126 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 2018	Beaver Fire Twr, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 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

1796 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2018. 2018 had 754 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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Data for records on 2018-07-05: 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	538
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1