Weather Records on 3 August 2005

912 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 2005. Highest significance: Cuetzalan del Progreso, MX.

Key Facts for 3 August 2005

On 3 August 2005, 912 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
517 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 870 daily.
Cuetzalan del Progreso set a daily record low minimum temperature of 10.6 C (51.1 F) on 3 August 2005.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

912 stations

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

Weather records on 3 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tolleson 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierre 17 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Powder River #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Michoacanejo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Airport	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	44.2 C (111.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pudino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

912 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 232, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 285, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 3 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	232
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	285
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 37, daily 870.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 2005

Top 20 records on 3 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 2005	Cuetzalan del Progreso, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Wray, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	105 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	New Harmony, US	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Ogulin, HR	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Britton, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Woodland, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Alton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Tolleson 1 E, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Mason City, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	127 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Yoder 5 W, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Gospic, HR	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Magdalena, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Louisburg, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Zavizan, HR	daily rain	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Morehead City 2 WNW, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Ft Pierre 17 WSW, US	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	Budapest, HU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2005	San Rafael, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 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

1815 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2005. 2005 had 912 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

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Data for records on 2005-08-03: 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 10	596
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1