Weather Records on 5 August 2005

1,026 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 2005. Highest significance: Perelyub, RU.

Key Facts for 5 August 2005

On 5 August 2005, 1,026 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
433 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 991 daily.
Perelyub set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.5 mm (2.8 in) on 5 August 2005.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,026 stations

1,026 station records on 5 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perelyub	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Andoya	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Savsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record low minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alsvag I Versteralen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Araluen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Vale (Numeralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Varkaus Kapykangas	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zapopan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Solekul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bollebygd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xiamen	China	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra (Ross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tlapehuala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Copeton Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Temazcal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchil	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nachiki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Proctor Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanborough (Rockfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asientos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Comatlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,026 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 196, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 237, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 389.

Records on 5 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	196
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	237
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	389
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 31, daily 991.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

774 broken records

Margins by which the 774 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 2005

Top 20 records on 5 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 2005	Perelyub, RU	monthly rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2005	Blowing Rock 1NW, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Andoya, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Shepetivka, UA	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Sirte, LY	daily low min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Andalusia 3 W, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Savsjo, SE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Dar Es Salaam Airpo, TZ	daily low min	11.2 C (52.2 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Coleman, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Tahoka, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Cheesman, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Porthill, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Tomsk, RU	daily high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Elkhorn, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Cambridge, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Milpa Alta, MX	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2005	Alsvag I Versteralen II, NO	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	40 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 1,026 records.

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

Records on 08-05 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	2
1809	1
1830	3
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	2
1874	2
1876	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	11
1900	4
1901	3
1902	6
1903	18
1904	13
1905	22
1906	13
1907	14
1908	25
1909	21
1910	20
1911	16
1912	72
1913	18
1914	22
1915	83
1916	67
1917	40
1918	233
1919	40
1920	81
1921	53
1922	107
1923	180
1924	144
1925	84
1926	113
1927	230
1928	201
1929	243
1930	467
1931	426
1932	228
1933	341
1934	587
1935	422
1936	309
1937	288
1938	420
1939	275
1940	290
1941	443
1942	393
1943	436
1944	520
1945	311
1946	374
1947	710
1948	930
1949	375
1950	681
1951	557
1952	498
1953	1,043
1954	543
1955	640
1956	422
1957	518
1958	503
1959	438
1960	297
1961	823
1962	451
1963	311
1964	610
1965	265
1966	384
1967	347
1968	394
1969	708
1970	468
1971	748
1972	799
1973	983
1974	810
1975	692
1976	721
1977	583
1978	948
1979	561
1980	998
1981	754
1982	776
1983	1,090
1984	789
1985	845
1986	778
1987	1,061
1988	914
1989	915
1990	1,265
1991	828
1992	861
1993	1,145
1994	1,944
1995	1,205
1996	1,029
1997	1,144
1998	1,817
1999	834
2000	704
2001	986
2002	1,160
2003	1,340
2004	848
2005	1,026
2006	932
2007	787
2008	738
2009	777
2010	1,626
2011	1,347
2012	869
2013	436
2014	915
2015	520
2016	544
2017	888
2018	528
2019	533
2020	626
2021	641
2022	1,332
2023	1,087
2024	711
2025	775
2026	1,048

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Data for records on 2005-08-05: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 5 August 2005
Margin	Records
0 to 10	667
10 to 20	74
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	3