Weather Records on 20 October 2005

1,092 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 2005. Highest significance: Hoyleton, AU.

Key Facts for 20 October 2005

On 20 October 2005, 1,092 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
616 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,060 daily.
Hoyleton set a daily record precipitation of 47.4 mm (1.9 in) on 20 October 2005.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,092 stations

1,092 station records on 20 October 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tullochard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gleneagle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Almaden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winvic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Catmis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Demipique	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mirambeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba South Edge Res	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rhynie (Salters Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rewan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kareeya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale (Turretfield Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koombooloomba Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Corry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenearn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Basin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beardmore Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weimby Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,092 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 435, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 404, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 October 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	435
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	404
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 October 2005 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 1,060.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

829 broken records

Margins by which the 829 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

20 October 2005

Top 20 records on 20 October 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 2005	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2005	Tullochard, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2005	Utica, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2005	Calcutta/Dum Dum, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2005	Astrakan, RU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2005	Petford, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2005	Gleneagle, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 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)
20 October 2005	Hillgrove Station, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Almaden, AU	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Winvic, AU	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Ingenio Catmis, MX	monthly rain	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Alton 1 W, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Mt Washington, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Demipique, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Booroondarra, AU	daily rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Carnarvon Station, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Beloit, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2005	Mirambeena, AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	49 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

1806 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2005. 2005 had 1,092 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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 50	819
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1