Weather Records on 3 January 2006

1,472 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 2006. Highest significance: Ashton 1N, US.

Key Facts for 3 January 2006

On 3 January 2006, 1,472 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
959 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 1,409 daily.
Ashton 1N set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 3 January 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

1,472 stations

1,472 station records on 3 January 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Harrison Gulch Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Suttsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Massacre Rocks Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gorya Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,472 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 569, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 390, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 382, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 January 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	569
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	390
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	382
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 January 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 61, daily 1,409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,138 broken records

Margins by which the 1,138 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 2006

Top 20 records on 3 January 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 2006	Ashton 1N, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2006	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	95 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2006	Harrison Gulch Rs, US	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2006	Grass Patch, AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2006	Kassala, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Salmon Gums Res.STN., AU	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	I Dunno, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Circle Valley, AU	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Suttsu, JP	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Middleboro, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Massacre Rocks Sp, US	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Gorya Valley, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	108 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Whitewater Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Jackson, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Independence, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2006	Milton Exp STN, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	44 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 1,472 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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Data for records on 2006-01-03: 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 50	1,113
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2