Weather Records on 4 August 2005

1,246 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 2005. Highest significance: Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU.

Key Facts for 4 August 2005

On 4 August 2005, 1,246 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
472 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,208 daily.
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.6 mm (2.5 in) on 4 August 2005.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

1,246 stations

1,246 station records on 4 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
El Fasher	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebud (Country Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Visitors Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burcher Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rand Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart (Welya)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Miarb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbata Cooma St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,246 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 282, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 627.

Records on 4 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	282
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	627
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 34, daily 1,208.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

988 broken records

Margins by which the 988 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 2005

Top 20 records on 4 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 2005	Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU	monthly rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	79 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Ivanhoe (Baden Park), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Cootamundra (Landgrove), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Stockinbingal General Store, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Yass (Linton Hostel), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Binalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Ganmain Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Euabalong (Lachlan St), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Urana (Butherwah), AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Harden (East St), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Murrumburrah Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Corryong (Parish Lane), AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	105 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Cherdyn', RU	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Bass, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Yalgogrin North (Roloma), AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Burrumbuttock (Holyrood), AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Urana Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Wooragee, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Bareilly, IN	daily rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 August 2005	Barellan Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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

1815 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2005. 2005 had 1,246 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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Data for records on 2005-08-04: 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	928
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1