Weather Records on 7 October 2005

1,476 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 2005. Highest significance: Minlaton, AU.

Key Facts for 7 October 2005

On 7 October 2005, 1,476 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
751 were record highs and 320 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 84 monthly and 1,388 daily.
Minlaton set a daily record precipitation of 26.4 mm (1.0 in) on 7 October 2005.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

1,476 stations

1,476 station records on 7 October 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Beach	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	285.8 mm (11.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Celo 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Catoctin Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrs Creek 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Laurelton Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Dulles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Potomac Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nahunta 6NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Hydro STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 3 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Branchland 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlow 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Yadnarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Benxi	China	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Filt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,476 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 241, Lowest daily maximum 255, Highest daily minimum 510, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 7 October 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	241
Lowest daily maximum	255
Highest daily minimum	510
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 7 October 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 84, daily 1,388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,144 broken records

Margins by which the 1,144 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 2005

Top 20 records on 7 October 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 2005	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2005	Beach, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2005	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2005	Laurel 3 W, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2005	Turtle Lake, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2005	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2005	Massena Intl AP, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 October 2005	Qionghai, CN	daily rain	285.8 mm (11.3 in)	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	105 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Celo 2 S, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Landisville 2 NW, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Rolla 1NE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Catoctin Mtn Park, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Buchanan, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 2005	Copper Hill, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 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

1802 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2005. 2005 had 1,476 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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Data for records on 2005-10-07: 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	1,113
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1