Basel August 5 Weather Records

Daily averages and all-time records for weather in Basel, Switzerland for the date of August 5.
August 5 All-Time Records
1901–2024
Highest temperature 36.6 °C 2003
Lowest temperature 7.0 °C 1949
Lowest daily high 16.2 °C 1939
Highest daily low 20.6 °C 2003
Most precipitation 3.54 cm 1905
August 5 Average Weather
1991–2020 1
Average high 26.1 °C
Average low 15.3 °C
Chance precipitation 42.7%
Basel August 5 Weather by Year
Year High (°C) Low (°C) Precip. (cm)
2023 22.3 12.8 0.24
2022 33.7 19.8 0.11
2021 22.1 13.9 0.75
2020 25.9 10.6 0.00
2019 30.0 18.0 1.11
2018 33.2 20.2 0.00
2017 27.4 17.7 0.00
2016 20.8 13.4 0.13
2015 32.3 14.8 0.00
2014 23.9 14.5 0.00
2013 31.9 17.6 0.00
2012 25.8 17.0 1.11
2011 26.1 17.5 0.26
2010 20.5 13.6 0.72
2009 27.2 12.9 0.00
2008 26.1 16.5 0.00
2007 29.1 13.9 0.00
2006 18.2 14.1 0.87
2005 24.8 10.7 0.13
2004 29.2 18.7 0.00
2003 36.6 20.6 0.00
2002 23.8 13.0 0.41
2001 23.4 13.5 0.00
2000 16.7 13.6 1.16
1999 26.9 19.7 0.13
1998 23.7 13.9 0.00
1997 30.1 17.8 0.10
1996 25.3 11.5 0.33
1995 31.4 14.5 0.00
1994 34.2 19.4 0.00
1993 28.7 17.9 0.00
1992 28.7 12.9 0.00
1991 27.8 15.4 0.00
1990 32.9 16.9 0.00
1989 26.7 12.3 1.01
1988 22.8 10.4 0.00
1987 17.1 8.3 0.02
1986 22.6 13.9 0.00
1985 29.1 12.3 0.16
1984 20.5 14.1 0.14
1983 21.2 9.8 0.06
1982 23.8 14.8 0.08
1981 30.2 16.0 0.00
1980 25.4 15.6 0.00
1979 26.5 10.4 0.00
1978 23.4 13.3 0.00
1977 27.2 12.6 0.00
1976 22.5 10.9 0.00
1975 31.4 14.1 0.00
1974 21.6 16.7 0.00
1973 25.8 15.6 0.00
1972 25.0 10.6 0.00
1971 25.7 13.0 0.00
1970 31.2 16.5 0.00
1969 30.0 15.5 0.00
1968 23.8 10.8 0.77
1967 20.8 13.1 0.01
1966 21.1 14.5 0.14
1965 31.3 12.5 0.00
1964 30.3 12.0 0.00
1963 27.6 12.5 0.11
1962 29.1 14.9 0.00
1961 31.3 12.1 0.00
1960 22.4 14.0 1.23
1959 25.5 10.0 0.00
1958 28.7 10.0 0.00
1957 30.2 11.9 0.00
1956 21.6 8.5 0.04
1955 23.1 9.9 0.00
1954 30.5 13.8 0.00
1953 25.9 9.5 0.00
1952 33.4 12.6 0.00
1951 24.9 13.2 0.00
1950 24.5 13.8 0.00
1949 29.5 7.0 0.00
1948 27.0 14.1 1.12
1947 25.2 15.5 0.25
1946 36.5 18.7 0.10
1945 32.0 11.0 0.00
1944 24.6 12.5 0.00
1943 26.7 14.9 0.02
1942 17.4 11.6 0.27
1941 20.1 13.3 0.71
1940 31.7 14.5 0.19
1939 16.2 13.0 2.56
1938 33.9 18.3 0.00
1937 29.9 12.3 0.00
1936 21.9 9.3 0.00
1935 25.6 13.0 0.01
1934 23.3 12.1 0.00
1933 29.5 10.5 0.00
1932 22.2 11.9 0.18
1931 30.4 16.7 0.00
1930 23.1 12.6 0.07
1929 20.1 12.8 0.52
1928 25.1 15.5 0.00
1927 27.4 16.3 0.00
1926 21.0 13.8 0.20
1925 23.0 15.0 0.14
1924 21.3 13.8 0.06
1923 26.8 11.3 0.00
1922 23.2 15.0 0.44
1921 26.5 11.4 0.00
1920 29.4 16.6 0.28
1919 24.4 10.5 0.00
1918 19.4 13.6 0.13
1917 20.3 14.0 0.02
1916 20.8 10.8 0.00
1915 22.6 12.6 0.04
1914 24.0 13.6 1.96
1913 26.6 14.5 1.12
1912 18.6 12.0 0.00
1911 29.3 17.5 0.00
1910 19.0 12.1 0.01
1909 21.0 9.3 0.00
1908 25.4 12.5 2.37
1907 31.0 17.7 0.02
1906 25.5 13.4 0.00
1905 24.6 16.0 3.54
1904 29.4 17.6 0.00
1903 25.0 13.0 0.00
1902 22.5 15.0 0.20
1901 24.0 12.0 0.00
What's the all-time high for Basel on 8/5?
For the date of Aug 5, the highest temperature ever reached in Basel history is 36.6 °C which happened in 2003.
Highest Temperatures in Basel on August 5
Rank Temperature Year
1 36.6 °C 2003
2 36.5 °C 1946
3 34.2 °C 1994
4 33.9 °C 1938
5 33.7 °C 2022
6 33.4 °C 1952
7 33.2 °C 2018
8 32.9 °C 1990
9 32.3 °C 2015
10 32.0 °C 1945
What's the all-time low for Basel on 8/5?
For the date of Aug 5, the lowest temperature ever reached in Basel history is 7.0 °C which happened in 1949.
Lowest Temperatures in Basel on August 5
Rank Temperature Year
1 7.0 °C 1949
2 8.3 °C 1987
3 8.5 °C 1956
4 9.3 °C 1909
4 9.3 °C 1936
6 9.5 °C 1953
7 9.8 °C 1983
8 9.9 °C 1955
9 10.0 °C 1958
9 10.0 °C 1959
Lowest High Temperatures in Basel on August 5
Rank Temperature Year
1 16.2 °C 1939
2 16.7 °C 2000
3 17.1 °C 1987
4 17.4 °C 1942
5 18.2 °C 2006
6 18.6 °C 1912
7 19.0 °C 1910
8 19.4 °C 1918
9 20.1 °C 1941
9 20.1 °C 1929
What's the most it has ever rained in Basel on 8/5?
For the date of Aug 5, the most precipitation ever recorded in Basel history is 3.54 cm which happened in 1905.
All-Time Most Precipitation in Basel on August 5
Rank Precipitation Year
1 3.54 cm 1905
2 2.56 cm 1939
3 2.37 cm 1908
4 1.96 cm 1914
5 1.23 cm 1960
6 1.16 cm 2000
7 1.12 cm 1913
7 1.12 cm 1948
9 1.11 cm 2019
9 1.11 cm 2012
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1901–2024 Basel Binningen location