Weather Records on 17 June 2006

724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 June 2006. Highest significance: Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU.

Key Facts for 17 June 2006

On 17 June 2006, 724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
459 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 699 daily.
Taganrog (Lighthouse) set a daily record precipitation of 64.1 mm (2.5 in) on 17 June 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

724 stations

724 station records on 17 June 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 June 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Balagansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Szczecin	Poland	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wilson	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunhuang	China	Record low maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liberec	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ershovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fanshawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pingliang	China	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chilcuautla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

724 records

Records set or tied on 17 June 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 269, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 17 June 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	269
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 June 2006 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 18, daily 699.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

524 broken records

Margins by which the 524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 June 2006

Top 20 records on 17 June 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 June 2006	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 June 2006	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 June 2006	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 June 2006	Balagansk, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 June 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Szczecin, PL	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Emerson, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Donnybrook, AU	monthly low min	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Kassala, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Weatherford, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Petoskey, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Brjansk, RU	daily rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Holdrege, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Minden, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Akron, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	all-time low min	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Aurora, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Waupaca, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 June 2006	Pearce Raaf, AU	all-time low min	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	42 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

1807 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2006. 2006 had 724 records.

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

Records on 06-17 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1810	1
1811	1
1830	1
1837	1
1839	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	9
1902	4
1903	8
1904	4
1905	12
1906	22
1907	20
1908	26
1909	13
1910	9
1911	22
1912	47
1913	45
1914	101
1915	20
1916	103
1917	68
1918	36
1919	58
1920	79
1921	52
1922	59
1923	110
1924	80
1925	136
1926	193
1927	357
1928	137
1929	238
1930	354
1931	194
1932	257
1933	413
1934	310
1935	338
1936	484
1937	284
1938	245
1939	1,206
1940	454
1941	250
1942	286
1943	289
1944	623
1945	614
1946	419
1947	336
1948	452
1949	571
1950	506
1951	208
1952	752
1953	455
1954	488
1955	570
1956	375
1957	761
1958	597
1959	507
1960	511
1961	1,319
1962	323
1963	383
1964	794
1965	763
1966	464
1967	402
1968	403
1969	700
1970	435
1971	407
1972	437
1973	701
1974	932
1975	453
1976	430
1977	410
1978	589
1979	646
1980	754
1981	1,201
1982	642
1983	728
1984	644
1985	693
1986	912
1987	1,078
1988	712
1989	870
1990	932
1991	1,094
1992	795
1993	684
1994	1,186
1995	1,350
1996	750
1997	1,056
1998	1,661
1999	1,260
2000	1,460
2001	678
2002	1,148
2003	647
2004	839
2005	914
2006	724
2007	839
2008	656
2009	739
2010	1,104
2011	922
2012	792
2013	610
2014	685
2015	1,113
2016	874
2017	692
2018	1,050
2019	551
2020	914
2021	1,980
2022	1,209
2023	617
2024	839
2025	593
2026	743

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Data for records on 2006-06-17: 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 10	467
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1