Weather Records on 9 August 2005

1,001 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 2005. Highest significance: New Harmony, US.

Key Facts for 9 August 2005

On 9 August 2005, 1,001 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
432 were record highs and 294 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 953 daily.
New Harmony set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 9 August 2005.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,001 stations

1,001 station records on 9 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	122.8 mm (4.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Osmjany	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	95.9 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kittanning Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Novogrudok	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Volkovysk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chalk Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Volozhin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manuka 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lazdijai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yadkinville 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ganevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rising Star 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mogilev	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chechersk-In-Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halepohaku 111	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grodno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laukuva	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seabrook Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Slavgorod	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetsk	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turnersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ivacevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,001 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 207, Lowest daily maximum 152, Highest daily minimum 225, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 275.

Records on 9 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	207
Lowest daily maximum	152
Highest daily minimum	225
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 41, daily 953.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

751 broken records

Margins by which the 751 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 2005

Top 20 records on 9 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 2005	New Harmony, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	70 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2005	Buhta Providenja, RU	all-time rain	122.8 mm (4.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2005	Osmjany, BY	all-time rain	95.9 mm (3.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2005	Kaunas, LT	all-time rain	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2005	Lisbon, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 August 2005	Kittanning Lock 7, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Novogrudok, BY	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Volkovysk, BY	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	monthly rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Chalk Mtn, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Volozhin, BY	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Krasnaja_Gora, RU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Manuka 2, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Lazdijai, LT	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Yadkinville 6 E, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Franklin 2 NE, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Ganevici, BY	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Rising Star 1S, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 2005	Gorki, BY	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	95 years	48 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

1798 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2005. 2005 had 1,001 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

Download the Data

Data for records on 2005-08-09: 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 20	705
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1