Weather Records on 16 October 2005

684 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 2005. Highest significance: Gumbardo, AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 2005

On 16 October 2005, 684 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
225 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 656 daily.
Gumbardo set a daily record precipitation of 59.0 mm (2.3 in) on 16 October 2005.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

684 stations

684 station records on 16 October 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.6 mm (7.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moolboolaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monto Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Old Walloon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wuruma Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lurnea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Urangan Hibiscus St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Borrego Desert Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Mountain (Davison Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ballon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caldervale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Didcot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Theodore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rockybar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

684 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 October 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 October 2005 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 656.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

587 broken records

Margins by which the 587 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 2005

Top 20 records on 16 October 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 2005	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2005	Cordalba Store, AU	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2005	Yamburgan, AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2005	Jackman, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2005	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2005	N Stratford, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2005	Canaan, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2005	Mt Washington, US	daily rain	196.6 mm (7.7 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2005	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Gilman, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Somerby, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Moolboolaman, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Thallon Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Monto Township, AU	monthly rain	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Woodleigh, AU	daily rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Old Walloon, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Wuruma Dam, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Lurnea, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Glenwood, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2005	Urangan Hibiscus St, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	53 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

1796 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2005. 2005 had 684 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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Data for records on 2005-10-16: 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	486
20 to 40	66
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1