Weather Records on 19 May 2005

834 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 2005. Highest significance: Brookton, AU.

Key Facts for 19 May 2005

On 19 May 2005, 834 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 803 daily.
Brookton set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 19 May 2005.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

834 stations

834 station records on 19 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Haboro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Strawberry Valley 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Milyunup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yladgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Condinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nairibin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kilburnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
McAlinden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Novogrudok	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jandakot Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edenholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rushy Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pingrup South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nanda Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrara Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cranham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chamingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchum Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parkfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muja Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballaying	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Armadale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

834 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

684 broken records

Margins by which the 684 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 2005

Top 20 records on 19 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 2005	Brookton, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	77 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Collie, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	96 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Dudinin, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Seaside, US	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Minsk, BY	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Serpentine, AU	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Redlands, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Haboro, JP	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Mundaring, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Uzhhorod, UA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 May 2005	Strawberry Valley 2, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2005	Milyunup, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2005	Jalna, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2005	Yladgee, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2005	Wungong Dam, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2005	Condinup, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2005	Nairibin, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2005	Kilburnie, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 2005	Middletown, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	56 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

1798 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2005. 2005 had 834 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

Download the Data

Data for records on 2005-05-19: 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 20	612
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1