Weather Records on 23 July 2005

997 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 2005. Highest significance: Phelps, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 2005

On 23 July 2005, 997 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
638 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 965 daily.
Phelps set a daily record precipitation of 76.5 mm (3.0 in) on 23 July 2005.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

997 stations

997 station records on 23 July 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Virolahti Nopala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kileer	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parkajoki	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trident	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamina Onkamaa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Loba	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malmberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Papagayos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Svanstein	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth: Mountbatten	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rayones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saittarova_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Castellanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunisvaara	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

997 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 399, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 218.

Records on 23 July 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	399
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 2005 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 23, daily 965.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

688 broken records

Margins by which the 688 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 2005

Top 20 records on 23 July 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 2005	Phelps, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2005	Virolahti Nopala, FI	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Brest-Guipavas, FR	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Salinas AP, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Kileer, RU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Linton, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Ica, RU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Macuspana (Dge), MX	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Coloso, PR	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	King City, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Henderson, US	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Valentia Observatory, IE	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Parkajoki, SE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Mukdahan, TH	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Trident, US	all-time rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Beaumont Rsch Ctr, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	Hamina Onkamaa, FI	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2005	La Loba, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	43 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

1794 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2005. 2005 had 997 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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 2026-10-17 (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 10	611
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1