Weather Records on 14 August 2005

1,340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 2005. Highest significance: Cardabia, AU.

Key Facts for 14 August 2005

On 14 August 2005, 1,340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
571 were record highs and 465 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,286 daily.
Cardabia set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 14 August 2005.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,340 stations

1,340 station records on 14 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cardabia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Lcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Njurba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Hairyuzovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huehuetan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tonganoxie 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kemp	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mama	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Marie (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Finsterwolde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Randlett 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lavia Riiho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suntar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,340 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 316, Highest daily minimum 361, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 304.

Records on 14 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	316
Highest daily minimum	361
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 46, daily 1,286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

992 broken records

Margins by which the 992 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 2005

Top 20 records on 14 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 2005	Cardabia, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2005	Lehigh 4 SW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2005	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2005	Alpine, US	all-time rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2005	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	131 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2005	Rotan, US	daily rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Clifton, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Nimrod Dam, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Seymour 3NW, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Oskaloosa 4 NE, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Montrose, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Blue Hill Lcd, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Portales, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Njurba, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Ust-Hairyuzovo, RU	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Bell Ranch, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Newark Ag Farm, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Hingham, US	monthly rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2005	Graham, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	49 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 1,340 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	930
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1