Weather Records on 10 August 2005

1,225 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 2005. Highest significance: Gatesville, US.

Key Facts for 10 August 2005

On 10 August 2005, 1,225 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
501 were record highs and 336 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,178 daily.
Gatesville set a daily record precipitation of 142.2 mm (5.6 in) on 10 August 2005.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,225 stations

1,225 station records on 10 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lazdijai	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record daily precipitation	118.3 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Desert Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetsk	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	202.4 mm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medora	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Granger	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Midville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lyntupy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osmjany	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Center City	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ostanvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebud	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baltijsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kouvola Anjala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morsil	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Srednjaja Olekma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Arish Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,225 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 204, Highest daily minimum 287, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 388.

Records on 10 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	204
Highest daily minimum	287
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	388
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 42, daily 1,178.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

952 broken records

Margins by which the 952 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 2005

Top 20 records on 10 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 2005	Gatesville, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	104 years	75 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2005	Solomons, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2005	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 August 2005	Lazdijai, LT	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Brownwood 2NE, US	monthly rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Launceston Airport Comparison, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Kaliningrad, RU	all-time rain	118.3 mm (4.7 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Valentine, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Atmore, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Desert Nwr, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	McGregor, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Sovetsk, LT	all-time rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Agate 3 E, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Arcadia, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Llano, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Troy, US	daily rain	202.4 mm (8.0 in)	200.1 mm (7.9 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Sells, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Medora, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 2005	Coleman, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	47 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

1814 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2005. 2005 had 1,225 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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Data for records on 2005-08-10: 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 50	945
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1