Weather Records on 23 April 2006

839 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 2006. Highest significance: Norwich, US.

Key Facts for 23 April 2006

On 23 April 2006, 839 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
404 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 798 daily.
Norwich set a daily record precipitation of 40.9 mm (1.6 in) on 23 April 2006.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

839 stations

839 station records on 23 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Westchester Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Seabrook Farms	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dalecarlia Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saratoga Springs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heathlands National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Raynesford 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Marlboro 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Novillero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shickshinny 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beltsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteville 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lehighton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strausstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberec	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claussville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

839 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 202, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 268, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 23 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	202
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 23 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 37, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 2006

Top 20 records on 23 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 2006	Norwich, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2006	Lambertville, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2006	Gloversville, US	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Stevenson Dam, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	New Park, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Westchester Co AP, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Seabrook Farms, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Elizabeth, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Laguardia AP, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Dalecarlia Rsvr, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Pleasant Mt 1 W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Saratoga Springs 4 SW, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Heathlands National Park, AU	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Raynesford 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Encinal, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2006	Danbury, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	47 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

1800 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2006. 2006 had 839 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	595
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1