Weather Records on 24 February 2006

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 2006. Highest significance: Woomera (Mahanewo), AU.

Key Facts for 24 February 2006

On 24 February 2006, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 453 daily.
Woomera (Mahanewo) set a daily record precipitation of 34.6 mm (1.4 in) on 24 February 2006.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 562 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 24 February 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woomera (Mahanewo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Pound	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Yednalue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.1 C (98.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halstad	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halliday	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walker	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ysleta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gildford	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jeronimito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Represa El Aleman	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isparta	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laboulaye Aero	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rancho Alegre	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
C.A.E. la Victoria	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zoh Laguna	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tlahuac	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 February 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 February 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 453.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 2006

Top 20 records on 24 February 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 2006	Woomera (Mahanewo), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Wilpena Pound, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Surat Thani, TH	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Cradock (Yednalue), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	37.1 C (98.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Ada, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Halstad, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Chatom, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Spalding 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Cradock, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Santa Rosa, MX	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Halliday, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Torrance AP, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Valier, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	E Glacier, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Keene 3S, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Turtle Lake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2006	Brewton 3 SSE, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 487 records.

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

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

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Data for records on 2006-02-24: 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	319
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1