Weather Records on 31 August 2005

1,782 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 August 2005. Highest significance: Mansfield (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 31 August 2005

On 31 August 2005, 1,782 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
882 were record highs and 245 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 169 monthly and 1,598 daily.
Mansfield (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 44.0 mm (1.7 in) on 31 August 2005.
Across 165 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

1,782 stations

1,782 station records on 31 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ust-Judoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Narbethong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cressy Research Station (Main	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Perth (Forestry Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Burns Creek (Janefield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rushford	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Basin Two	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Musselboro (Elverton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Blessington (Heathcote)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,782 records

Records set or tied on 31 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 321, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 561, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 655.

Records on 31 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	321
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	561
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	655
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 169, daily 1,598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,399 broken records

Margins by which the 1,399 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 August 2005

Top 20 records on 31 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 August 2005	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 August 2005	Berrybank, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
31 August 2005	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Ust-Judoma, RU	all-time rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	74 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	73 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Longford (Denton Close), AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	112 years	73 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Hillwood (Hillwoodville), AU	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Greenville Wtp, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Ormley, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Narbethong, AU	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Marysville (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Woodbury (Warringa), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Skipton Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Beeac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Ulverstone (Knights Road), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Waverly, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	109 years	68 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Connorville (Lake River), AU	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	67 of 100 (Major)
31 August 2005	Cressy Research Station (Main, AU	monthly rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)

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

1796 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2005. 2005 had 1,782 records.

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

Records on 08-31 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1807	2
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1827	1
1836	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1886	5
1887	1
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	5
1898	10
1899	4
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	16
1904	13
1905	8
1906	47
1907	6
1908	12
1909	39
1910	20
1911	31
1912	34
1913	40
1914	23
1915	71
1916	7
1917	60
1918	58
1919	25
1920	46
1921	86
1922	58
1923	63
1924	232
1925	111
1926	148
1927	103
1928	201
1929	300
1930	243
1931	192
1932	807
1933	424
1934	381
1935	540
1936	226
1937	508
1938	324
1939	296
1940	400
1941	528
1942	422
1943	650
1944	638
1945	572
1946	545
1947	473
1948	367
1949	409
1950	662
1951	910
1952	388
1953	1,054
1954	633
1955	539
1956	734
1957	317
1958	417
1959	496
1960	366
1961	625
1962	432
1963	415
1964	591
1965	886
1966	830
1967	952
1968	562
1969	474
1970	558
1971	326
1972	287
1973	793
1974	587
1975	658
1976	732
1977	621
1978	891
1979	400
1980	701
1981	692
1982	586
1983	788
1984	866
1985	854
1986	1,218
1987	836
1988	570
1989	622
1990	966
1991	848
1992	1,274
1993	1,286
1994	1,139
1995	1,077
1996	1,451
1997	943
1998	1,163
1999	988
2000	1,545
2001	944
2002	852
2003	1,232
2004	963
2005	1,782
2006	1,147
2007	1,110
2008	870
2009	1,224
2010	1,490
2011	994
2012	932
2013	771
2014	458
2015	1,074
2016	599
2017	596
2018	366
2019	781
2020	737
2021	553
2022	1,191
2023	600
2024	766
2025	307
2026	595

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Data for records on 2005-08-31: 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	1,224
20 to 40	122
40 to 60	38
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	2