Weather Records on 18 August 2005

865 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 August 2005. Highest significance: Crookston NW Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 18 August 2005

On 18 August 2005, 865 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
321 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 839 daily.
Crookston NW Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 18 August 2005.
Across 171 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

865 stations

865 station records on 18 August 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 August 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Indus 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kettle Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Highfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minaru	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Worthington 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mimigarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsop	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lancelin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunflint Lake 10 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lone Rock Tri Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chernivtsi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Portage	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaragan West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuyali	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

865 records

Records set or tied on 18 August 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 370.

Records on 18 August 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 August 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 839.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

670 broken records

Margins by which the 670 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 August 2005

Top 20 records on 18 August 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 August 2005	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	103 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 August 2005	New Hampton, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 August 2005	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 August 2005	Indus 3 W, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Kettle Falls, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Huichapan, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, ES	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Argyle, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Georgetown 1 E, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Dodge, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Green Bay, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Three Springs, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Shepetivka, UA	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Yandanooka, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Highfields, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Dowerin, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Minaru, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 2005	Eureka Rs, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	47 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

1797 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2005. 2005 had 865 records.

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

Records on 08-18 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1805	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1830	1
1833	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1869	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1883	3
1885	3
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	6
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	10
1906	40
1907	7
1908	21
1909	24
1910	16
1911	11
1912	21
1913	43
1914	37
1915	60
1916	71
1917	70
1918	53
1919	34
1920	51
1921	39
1922	129
1923	90
1924	225
1925	300
1926	168
1927	269
1928	141
1929	181
1930	150
1931	241
1932	382
1933	431
1934	638
1935	424
1936	766
1937	308
1938	243
1939	381
1940	434
1941	467
1942	333
1943	738
1944	325
1945	400
1946	416
1947	958
1948	315
1949	393
1950	683
1951	355
1952	405
1953	323
1954	622
1955	795
1956	580
1957	380
1958	580
1959	537
1960	599
1961	415
1962	428
1963	760
1964	443
1965	525
1966	573
1967	623
1968	795
1969	530
1970	597
1971	381
1972	493
1973	734
1974	639
1975	844
1976	917
1977	1,112
1978	854
1979	1,309
1980	771
1981	1,386
1982	563
1983	1,420
1984	600
1985	765
1986	861
1987	1,609
1988	1,351
1989	952
1990	920
1991	533
1992	1,497
1993	706
1994	1,027
1995	1,882
1996	760
1997	1,191
1998	923
1999	888
2000	1,183
2001	1,036
2002	1,306
2003	860
2004	1,050
2005	865
2006	842
2007	1,116
2008	1,265
2009	839
2010	1,167
2011	1,239
2012	1,247
2013	752
2014	751
2015	880
2016	704
2017	565
2018	462
2019	615
2020	1,541
2021	1,118
2022	1,237
2023	1,094
2024	696
2025	455
2026	545

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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 10	568
10 to 20	67
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1