Weather Records on 8 August 2005

882 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 2005. Highest significance: Wishek, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 2005

On 8 August 2005, 882 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
379 were record highs and 265 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 855 daily.
Wishek set a daily record precipitation of 43.4 mm (1.7 in) on 8 August 2005.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

882 stations

882 station records on 8 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oktyabr	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mozyr	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Laxbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bragin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rothsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Idrinskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sodersel_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vileyka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Helen	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Asele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stolbtsy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Solberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calexico 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ullanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luvia Perankyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	45.1 C (113.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kona Village 93.8	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leloiov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aspea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sam Rayburn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnedvinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zhitckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ransaren_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kittelfjall_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Polotsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dokshitsy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Volozhin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hemling	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

882 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 228, Lowest daily minimum 144, Heaviest daily rainfall 238.

Records on 8 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	228
Lowest daily minimum	144
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 2005

Top 20 records on 8 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 2005	Wishek, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	102 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 August 2005	Cornelia, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Virtsu, EE	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Oktyabr, BY	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Mozyr, BY	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Laxbacken, SE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Bragin, BY	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Rothsay, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Sodankyla AWS, FI	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Cuetzalan del Progreso, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Idrinskoe, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Zilair, RU	daily rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Sodersel_D, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Burkett, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Vileyka, BY	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Helen, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Marshall, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Asele, SE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 2005	Stolbtsy, BY	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	44 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

1793 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2005. 2005 had 882 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

Download the Data

Data for records on 2005-08-08: 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	620
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1