Weather Records on 3 February 2005

1,711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 2005. Highest significance: Toora, AU.

Key Facts for 3 February 2005

On 3 February 2005, 1,711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
406 were record highs and 416 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 55 were all-time records, 161 monthly and 1,495 daily.
Toora set a monthly record daily precipitation of 105.0 mm (4.1 in) on 3 February 2005.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

1,711 stations

1,711 station records on 3 February 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.8 mm (6.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Longwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.4 mm (5.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lake Bolac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Dandenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Glen Waverley (Golf Course)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Vermont Transport Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
East Tarwin (Mirboo Pastoral C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,711 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 263, Lowest daily maximum 288, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 859, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 3 February 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	263
Lowest daily maximum	288
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	859
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 3 February 2005 by timescale: all-time 55, monthly 161, daily 1,495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,514 broken records

Margins by which the 1,514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 2005

Top 20 records on 3 February 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 2005	Toora, AU	monthly rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Wakool (Calimo), AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Elmore, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Tarwin Lower (Riverside), AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Yarram, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	126 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	120 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	120 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Shelford, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Clunes, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2005	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	79 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2005	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	115 years	78 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2005	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	107 years	77 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2005	Mincha, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2005	Fish Creek, AU	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2005	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2005	Melton Reservoir, AU	all-time rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2005	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	all-time rain	166.8 mm (6.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	76 of 100 (Major)

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

1795 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 1,711 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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Data for records on 2005-02-03: 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 50	1,406
50 to 100	98
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1