Weather Records on 11 September 2005

1,163 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 September 2005. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 11 September 2005

On 11 September 2005, 1,163 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
598 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,118 daily.
Uccle set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 11 September 2005.
Across 164 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

1,163 stations

1,163 station records on 11 September 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 September 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elista	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tepezala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olney	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (the Brothers)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Langlois #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Guzman (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmatha (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow 14 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,163 records

Records set or tied on 11 September 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 207, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 391, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 11 September 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	207
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	391
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 September 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 44, daily 1,118.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

897 broken records

Margins by which the 897 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 September 2005

Top 20 records on 11 September 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 September 2005	Uccle, BE	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	119 years	74 of 100 (Major)
11 September 2005	Culcairn Bowling Club, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	72 of 100 (Major)
11 September 2005	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 September 2005	Uplands (Gibbo River Park), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	79 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 September 2005	Chemnitz, DE	monthly rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 September 2005	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 September 2005	Goonumbla (Coradgery), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Elista, RU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Parkes (Macarthur Street), AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	107 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Dalton Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Teterow, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Tepezala, MX	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Clatskanie, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Benambra (Evandale), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Olney, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 2005	Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	46 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

1809 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2005. 2005 had 1,163 records.

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

Records on 09-11 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1814	3
1818	1
1830	1
1836	1
1838	3
1839	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	1
1860	2
1861	1
1863	2
1865	3
1866	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	15
1903	13
1904	4
1905	5
1906	10
1907	9
1908	20
1909	12
1910	19
1911	9
1912	25
1913	22
1914	52
1915	160
1916	17
1917	88
1918	62
1919	52
1920	158
1921	52
1922	78
1923	44
1924	290
1925	260
1926	137
1927	300
1928	127
1929	206
1930	136
1931	868
1932	210
1933	276
1934	144
1935	410
1936	567
1937	324
1938	288
1939	561
1940	891
1941	210
1942	234
1943	335
1944	446
1945	341
1946	262
1947	611
1948	424
1949	450
1950	462
1951	247
1952	549
1953	392
1954	363
1955	479
1956	539
1957	470
1958	748
1959	488
1960	423
1961	524
1962	480
1963	359
1964	1,195
1965	414
1966	392
1967	478
1968	835
1969	685
1970	474
1971	464
1972	507
1973	612
1974	430
1975	644
1976	920
1977	406
1978	911
1979	596
1980	474
1981	347
1982	862
1983	1,243
1984	888
1985	844
1986	1,221
1987	595
1988	1,019
1989	1,301
1990	840
1991	843
1992	672
1993	809
1994	713
1995	619
1996	1,030
1997	808
1998	1,821
1999	1,073
2000	1,469
2001	826
2002	1,059
2003	1,022
2004	740
2005	1,163
2006	1,132
2007	947
2008	916
2009	774
2010	965
2011	1,051
2012	687
2013	1,207
2014	1,100
2015	683
2016	677
2017	916
2018	763
2019	806
2020	1,235
2021	851
2022	617
2023	1,034
2024	889
2025	917
2026	615

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 11 September 2005
Margin	Records
0 to 10	803
10 to 20	74
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1