Weather Records on 12 September 2005

1,032 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 2005. Highest significance: Sandford (Maydena), AU.

Key Facts for 12 September 2005

On 12 September 2005, 1,032 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
626 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 969 daily.
Sandford (Maydena) set a daily record precipitation of 57.4 mm (2.3 in) on 12 September 2005.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 409 records.

Record Map

1,032 stations

1,032 station records on 12 September 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kalispell	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caramut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grove (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Copping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Mount Morriston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Symmons Plains (South Esk Rive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Margate (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Direction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taroona (Taroona Crescent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orielton (East Orielton Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flomot 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Distillery Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windermere (Acacia House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tooms Lake (Tooms River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,032 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 244, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 382, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 September 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	244
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	382
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 September 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 59, daily 969.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

759 broken records

Margins by which the 759 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 2005

Top 20 records on 12 September 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 2005	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Runnymede (Whitemarsh), AU	monthly rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Kalispell, US	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	monthly rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	67 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Franklin, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Hobart Airport, AU	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Stonehouse, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Mount Rumney (Mount Rumney Roa, AU	monthly rain	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 September 2005	Weeaproinah, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2005	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2005	Woodbury (Warringa), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2005	Dover, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2005	Opossum Bay, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 2005	Wattle Hill, AU	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	54 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 1,032 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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	719
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1