Weather Records on 31 October 2005

1,048 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 2005. Highest significance: Eden (Caravan Park), AU.

Key Facts for 31 October 2005

On 31 October 2005, 1,048 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
652 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 1,033 daily.
Eden (Caravan Park) set a daily record precipitation of 73.0 mm (2.9 in) on 31 October 2005.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,048 stations

1,048 station records on 31 October 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Snowball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Brogo (Upper Brogo Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Hawks Head Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya (the Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.2 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millau	France	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sinop	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Khan Yunis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Apuka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Culburra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belowra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quaama (Merrydale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo (Wandella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Wallendibby East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrabattgulla (Gilston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alectown (Bridgewater)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Slatteroy Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,048 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 347, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 305, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 31 October 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	347
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	305
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 31 October 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 1,033.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

928 broken records

Margins by which the 928 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 2005

Top 20 records on 31 October 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 2005	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2005	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	99 years	73 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2005	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2005	Snowball, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	99 years	70 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2005	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	99 years	69 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2005	Belcourt Keya Radio, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2005	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2005	Jindabyne (Lynwood), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2005	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Oberon (Springbank), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Upper Brogo (Upper Brogo Rd), AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Brogo (Hawks Head Road), AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Braidwood (Krawarree), AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Bermagui South (Young Street), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Moruya (the Lagoon), AU	daily rain	165.2 mm (6.5 in)	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Narooma Rvcp, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Millau, FR	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Sinop, TR	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2005	Braidwood (Khan Yunis), AU	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	22 years	50 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

1805 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2005. 2005 had 1,048 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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Data for records on 2005-10-31: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 31 October 2005
Margin	Records
0 to 100	926
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1