Weather Records on 6 August 2005

756 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 2005. Highest significance: Fokstua, NO.

Key Facts for 6 August 2005

On 6 August 2005, 756 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 730 daily.
Fokstua set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 6 August 2005.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

756 stations

756 station records on 6 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fokstua	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ruoqiang	China	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Craiova	Romania	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lohja Porla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chacalapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Preststulen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mjoen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hallstaberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	155.5 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angardsvatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndevad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eskilstuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vilppula Kk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spansberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Evertsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grovelsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tullinge A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hedemora	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Idkerberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Transtrand_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norsborg_11	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lisjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sater_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Headland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lybrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Michoacanejo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tecomates	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sattra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanping	China	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merimasku Sannainen	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salo Suomusjarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

756 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 243.

Records on 6 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 22, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 2005

Top 20 records on 6 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 2005	Fokstua, NO	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 August 2005	Ruoqiang, CN	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Craiova, RO	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Lohja Porla, FI	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Chacalapa, MX	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Preststulen, NO	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Mjoen, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Hallstaberg, SE	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Jal, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Dinghai, CN	daily rain	155.5 mm (6.1 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Koping, SE	all-time rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Gauhati, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Angardsvatnet, NO	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Hyndevad, SE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Hennessey 4 ESE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Joseph, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Eskilstuna, SE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2005	Vilppula Kk, FI	all-time rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	3 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

1794 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2005. 2005 had 756 records.

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

Records on 08-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1806	1
1808	1
1809	1
1810	1
1822	1
1830	1
1833	1
1847	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	4
1903	16
1904	13
1905	13
1906	24
1907	26
1908	17
1909	14
1910	20
1911	22
1912	57
1913	41
1914	6
1915	108
1916	40
1917	35
1918	526
1919	92
1920	39
1921	49
1922	90
1923	113
1924	150
1925	78
1926	85
1927	132
1928	101
1929	189
1930	356
1931	349
1932	226
1933	284
1934	580
1935	330
1936	318
1937	371
1938	308
1939	311
1940	385
1941	356
1942	303
1943	248
1944	312
1945	458
1946	430
1947	625
1948	1,166
1949	464
1950	480
1951	720
1952	513
1953	646
1954	532
1955	531
1956	447
1957	949
1958	521
1959	422
1960	250
1961	551
1962	496
1963	258
1964	481
1965	390
1966	378
1967	757
1968	586
1969	613
1970	504
1971	945
1972	877
1973	876
1974	884
1975	749
1976	923
1977	623
1978	790
1979	544
1980	818
1981	855
1982	643
1983	1,281
1984	815
1985	874
1986	648
1987	948
1988	873
1989	879
1990	1,463
1991	1,100
1992	1,053
1993	1,569
1994	1,918
1995	1,500
1996	1,038
1997	1,216
1998	1,546
1999	938
2000	870
2001	1,100
2002	988
2003	1,221
2004	1,076
2005	756
2006	849
2007	991
2008	820
2009	1,033
2010	1,205
2011	1,357
2012	845
2013	722
2014	673
2015	827
2016	472
2017	827
2018	598
2019	645
2020	510
2021	457
2022	960
2023	1,177
2024	882
2025	721
2026	955

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Data for records on 2005-08-06: 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	507
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1