Weather Records on 14 January 2006

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 2006. Highest significance: Mornington Island, AU.

Key Facts for 14 January 2006

On 14 January 2006, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
505 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 861 daily.
Mornington Island set a daily record precipitation of 183.4 mm (7.2 in) on 14 January 2006.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

878 stations

878 station records on 14 January 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kulin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Irozaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Pingrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dumbleyung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Grace Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie-Lea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ajiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tokushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.4 C (-44.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ueno	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sakai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quanaminning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beardmore Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Glen Oak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitesville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 288, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 217, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 January 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	288
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	217
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 January 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 861.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

701 broken records

Margins by which the 701 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 2006

Top 20 records on 14 January 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 2006	Mornington Island, AU	daily rain	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	87 years	66 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2006	Kulin, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 January 2006	Irozaki, JP	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Bremer Bay, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Lake Pingrup, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Dumbleyung, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Lake Grace Comparison, AU	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Ridgway, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Craigie-Lea, AU	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Danevang 1 W, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Farmington, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	monthly low max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Izuhara, JP	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Ajiro, JP	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Tokushima, JP	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Gothenburg, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Kennebec, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Woodbury, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 2006	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	41 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 878 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

Download the Data

Data for records on 2006-01-14: 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 20	666
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2