Weather Records on 1 August 2005

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 2005. Highest significance: Indore, IN.

Key Facts for 1 August 2005

On 1 August 2005, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
436 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 826 daily.
Indore set a daily record precipitation of 160.0 mm (6.3 in) on 1 August 2005.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

878 stations

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

Weather records on 1 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Weona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Moothandella Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zima	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Qumarleb	China	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alamo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nynashamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaquepaque	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ahome	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alexander	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El OCOTITO	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Dieguito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Saltito	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huoshan	China	Record high minimum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winifred	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Callejones	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Cazadero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Djelfa/Tletsi	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Codorniz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Mojada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cortazar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Borrego Desert Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manning	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 225, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 219.

Records on 1 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	225
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 45, daily 826.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 2005

Top 20 records on 1 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2005	Indore, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2005	Elderslie, AU	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2005	Weona, AU	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2005	Bimerah, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2005	Moothandella Station, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2005	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2005	Zima, RU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2005	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Campo, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Belmont, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Qumarleb, CN	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Laguna de Sanchez, MX	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Alamo Dam, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Gann Valley 4NW, US	monthly high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Ely AP, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Nynashamn, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Gustavsberg, SE	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily high max	21.3 C (70.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2005	Manuel Avila Camacho, MX	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	78 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

1797 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2005. 2005 had 878 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 2005-08-01: 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	623
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1