Weather Records on 14 October 2005

755 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 2005. Highest significance: Capella Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 14 October 2005

On 14 October 2005, 755 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
351 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 735 daily.
Capella Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 14 October 2005.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

755 stations

755 station records on 14 October 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Langtry	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sim Jue Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dayboro Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Haven Tweed AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Juarez (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pechey Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riverhead Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Realito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Remilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Certkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perseverance Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Las Enramadas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yuendumu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vaughan Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lenorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Torsvag Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woolooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ransaren_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

755 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 14 October 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 14 October 2005 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

591 broken records

Margins by which the 591 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 2005

Top 20 records on 14 October 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 2005	Capella Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 October 2005	Southbridge 3 SW, US	monthly rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 October 2005	Langtry, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 October 2005	Mt Brisbane, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 October 2005	Sim Jue Creek, AU	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 October 2005	Mineola, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 October 2005	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Dayboro Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Poughkeepsie AP, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	McKenzie Creek, AU	monthly rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Bridgehampton, US	monthly rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	New Haven Tweed AP, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Valle de Juarez (Dge), MX	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Hanover, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Pechey Forestry, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Palmer Valley, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 2005	Riverhead Rsch Farm, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 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

1793 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2005. 2005 had 755 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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Data for records on 2005-10-14: 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 10	454
10 to 20	65
20 to 30	34
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	10
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	6
70 to 80	2