Weather Records on 2 January 2006

1,658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 2006. Highest significance: Aspendell, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 2006

On 2 January 2006, 1,658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,017 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,597 daily.
Aspendell set a daily record snowfall of 91.4 cm (36.0 in) on 2 January 2006.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

1,658 stations

1,658 station records on 2 January 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aspendell	United States	Record daily snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bishop AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sutcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bishop AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coalinga	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Twitchell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fresno Yosemite Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,658 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 661, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 356, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 500, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 January 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	661
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	356
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	500
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 January 2006 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 55, daily 1,597.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,312 broken records

Margins by which the 1,312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 2006

Top 20 records on 2 January 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 2006	Aspendell, US	daily snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Visalia, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Lynch, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Los Banos, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Fallon Exp STN, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Bishop AP, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Auberry 2 NW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Sutcliffe, US	all-time rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Alma Bacon Co AP, US	monthly rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Bishop AP, US	all-time snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 January 2006	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2006	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2006	Paso Robles, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2006	Warburton Airfield, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2006	Clinton Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2006	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2006	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2006	Hanford 1 S, US	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 2006	Merced, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	54 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

1794 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2006. 2006 had 1,658 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 100	1,305
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1