Weather Records on 3 February 2006

949 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 2006. Highest significance: Valdosta 2 S, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 2006

On 3 February 2006, 949 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
638 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 916 daily.
Valdosta 2 S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 3 February 2006.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

949 stations

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

Weather records on 3 February 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston Pwr STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nahunta 6NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Powers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Progreso de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paulding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guemez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Folkston 9 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.5 C (113.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wabash	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Codorniz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

949 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 349, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 289, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 February 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	349
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	289
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 February 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 916.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

720 broken records

Margins by which the 720 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 171.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 2006

Top 20 records on 3 February 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 2006	Valdosta 2 S, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2006	Tampa Intl AP, US	monthly rain	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	125.3 mm (4.9 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Monticello 5 SE, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Hazlehurst, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Sikeston Pwr STN, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Nahunta 6NE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Olmsted L&D, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Auburn, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Haiwee, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Plant City, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Philippi, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Kastamonu, TR	monthly low min	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Breckenridge, US	monthly snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Jasper, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Fredonia, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Powers, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	New Castle 1 N, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2006	Cuero, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	38 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

1795 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2006. 2006 had 949 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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Data for records on 2006-02-03: 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 25	698
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2