Weather Records on 2 August 2005

961 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2005. Highest significance: Milray Station Wrc, AU.

Key Facts for 2 August 2005

On 2 August 2005, 961 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
397 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 914 daily.
Milray Station Wrc set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 2 August 2005.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

961 stations

961 station records on 2 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milray Station Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cargoon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Christmas Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Camel Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kosching	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosella Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Barron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbraes N.P	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Innot Hot Springs Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laroona Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Slogan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kerimaki Rauvanniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Valley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Strathtay Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roth Bei Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bagstowe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paluma Ivy Cottage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lassie Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Espita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conjuboy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Solway Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

961 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 133, Heaviest daily rainfall 357.

Records on 2 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	133
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 43, daily 914.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

726 broken records

Margins by which the 726 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2005

Top 20 records on 2 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2005	Milray Station Wrc, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 August 2005	Kairi Research Station, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Homestead Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	110 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Cargoon Station, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Petford, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	114 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Christmas Creek Station, AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	116 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Camel Creek Station, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2005	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2005	Kosching, DE	all-time rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2005	Rosella Plains Station, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2005	Tinaroo Falls Dam, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2005	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2005	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2005	Tatarsk, RU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	55 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

1812 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2005. 2005 had 961 records.

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

Records on 08-02 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1816	2
1828	1
1829	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1863	3
1864	1
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1898	2
1899	6
1900	7
1901	2
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	21
1906	21
1907	22
1908	39
1909	25
1910	15
1911	43
1912	52
1913	22
1914	15
1915	42
1916	53
1917	115
1918	37
1919	21
1920	45
1921	88
1922	39
1923	128
1924	138
1925	175
1926	200
1927	308
1928	262
1929	210
1930	600
1931	320
1932	334
1933	542
1934	458
1935	457
1936	391
1937	389
1938	544
1939	762
1940	237
1941	279
1942	354
1943	528
1944	487
1945	269
1946	377
1947	453
1948	455
1949	355
1950	504
1951	305
1952	268
1953	448
1954	371
1955	788
1956	670
1957	339
1958	360
1959	388
1960	637
1961	538
1962	396
1963	314
1964	949
1965	798
1966	462
1967	234
1968	445
1969	395
1970	439
1971	1,048
1972	620
1973	635
1974	513
1975	907
1976	1,098
1977	569
1978	685
1979	569
1980	822
1981	679
1982	819
1983	718
1984	595
1985	742
1986	632
1987	1,062
1988	1,068
1989	1,087
1990	1,055
1991	798
1992	1,132
1993	954
1994	986
1995	1,333
1996	824
1997	794
1998	1,183
1999	1,205
2000	920
2001	947
2002	1,039
2003	1,277
2004	752
2005	961
2006	1,736
2007	834
2008	888
2009	1,106
2010	1,315
2011	1,310
2012	758
2013	817
2014	813
2015	666
2016	608
2017	938
2018	1,097
2019	471
2020	699
2021	835
2022	861
2023	887
2024	1,337
2025	756
2026	1,130

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Data for records on 2005-08-02: 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 10	552
10 to 20	85
20 to 30	53
30 to 40	29
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1