Weather Records on 3 September 2005

727 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 2005. Highest significance: Huoshan, CN.

Key Facts for 3 September 2005

On 3 September 2005, 727 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
361 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 687 daily.
Huoshan set an all-time record daily precipitation of 314.6 mm (12.4 in) on 3 September 2005.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

727 stations

727 station records on 3 September 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	314.6 mm (12.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Beltana Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Turinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Erudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Ive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Narrina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buckleboo (Hi-View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kokatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tajshet	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anfa	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Yednalue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Pound	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parachilna (Motpena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Balcanoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Commodore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Angorichina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Glenroy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Undameo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corrinchis II	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

727 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 183, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 225.

Records on 3 September 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	183
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 36, daily 687.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

553 broken records

Margins by which the 553 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 2005

Top 20 records on 3 September 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 2005	Huoshan, CN	all-time rain	314.6 mm (12.4 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 September 2005	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 September 2005	Edeowie, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 September 2005	Blinman, AU	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 September 2005	Blinman (Wirrealpa), AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 September 2005	Beltana Station, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Turinsk, RU	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Erudina, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Wuhan, CN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Mount Ive, AU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Montague Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Blinman (Narrina), AU	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Kissimmee 2, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Spearfish, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Buckleboo (Hi-View), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Bermagui South (Young Street), AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Kokatha, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 2005	Tarcowie, AU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	46 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

1811 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 2005. 2005 had 727 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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 10	482
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3