Weather Records on 19 August 1906

37 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1906. Highest significance: Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 19 August 1906

On 19 August 1906, 37 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 36 daily.
Goonoo Goonoo Station set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 19 August 1906.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

37 stations

37 station records on 19 August 1906 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1906: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

37 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1906 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 15.

Records on 19 August 1906 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	15
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1906 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 36.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

31 broken records

Margins by which the 31 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1906

Top 20 records on 19 August 1906 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1906	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1906	Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1906	Calga, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Port Stanley, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	22 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Stratford, CA	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	19 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Philadelphia City, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Dubbo (Darling Street), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Portland, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	22 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1906	Port Dover, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	21 years	10 of 100 (Routine)

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 1906

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1906. 1906 had 37 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 19 August 1906
Margin	Records
0 to 10	24
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1