Weather Records on 28 January 2006

1,222 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 2006. Highest significance: Monmouth, US.

Key Facts for 28 January 2006

On 28 January 2006, 1,222 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
711 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,197 daily.
Monmouth set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 28 January 2006.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

1,222 stations

1,222 station records on 28 January 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Anamosa 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cossack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bullita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millau	France	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goldthwaite 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Termez	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Delamere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,222 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 426, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 28 January 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	426
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 28 January 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 21, daily 1,197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,026 broken records

Margins by which the 1,026 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 2006

Top 20 records on 28 January 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 2006	Monmouth, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2006	Morrison, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2006	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2006	Anamosa 1 WNW, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 January 2006	Menard, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	109 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Burlington 2S, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Cossack, AU	daily rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Galesburg, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Macomb, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Bullita, AU	monthly rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Keosauqua, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Moline Quad City Intl AP, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Millau, FR	monthly rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Lugano, CH	daily snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Ironwood, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Yarraloola, AU	daily rain	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 2006	Winterset 4N, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 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

1796 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2006. 2006 had 1,222 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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 50	1,021
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1