Weather Records on 6 July 2006

1,122 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 2006. Highest significance: Canon City, US.

Key Facts for 6 July 2006

On 6 July 2006, 1,122 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
663 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,081 daily.
Canon City set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 6 July 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,122 stations

1,122 station records on 6 July 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tucumcari Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
La Tuna 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aurich	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Creek 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lyneham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ceballos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clines Corners 7SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tunka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
S Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbrabow	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,122 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 265, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 398, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 6 July 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	265
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	398
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 37, daily 1,081.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

837 broken records

Margins by which the 837 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 2006

Top 20 records on 6 July 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 2006	Canon City, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	111 years	79 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	106 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	University Exp STN, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Libby 32 SSE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Pasamonte, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Tucumcari Muni AP, US	all-time rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Amberg-Unterammersricht, DE	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	87 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	La Tuna 1 S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2006	Clarksville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2006	Hopewell, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2006	Rockport, US	monthly rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2006	Aurich, DE	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2006	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2006	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2006	Salisbury, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2006	Kagoshima, JP	daily rain	200.9 mm (7.9 in)	121.3 mm (4.8 in)	40 years	52 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

1793 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 1,122 records.

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

Records on 07-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1812	1
1813	1
1819	1
1821	1
1828	3
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	4
1883	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	5
1900	12
1901	7
1902	6
1903	2
1904	4
1905	8
1906	16
1907	9
1908	22
1909	22
1910	31
1911	45
1912	32
1913	18
1914	50
1915	83
1916	38
1917	26
1918	28
1919	36
1920	36
1921	80
1922	159
1923	177
1924	163
1925	160
1926	133
1927	255
1928	231
1929	106
1930	285
1931	489
1932	470
1933	310
1934	400
1935	222
1936	683
1937	385
1938	269
1939	425
1940	437
1941	337
1942	543
1943	349
1944	320
1945	337
1946	172
1947	506
1948	698
1949	405
1950	541
1951	623
1952	456
1953	656
1954	494
1955	388
1956	722
1957	359
1958	717
1959	285
1960	687
1961	501
1962	434
1963	350
1964	579
1965	442
1966	319
1967	684
1968	739
1969	786
1970	497
1971	412
1972	1,368
1973	1,196
1974	456
1975	743
1976	595
1977	848
1978	1,072
1979	1,092
1980	587
1981	1,016
1982	803
1983	1,002
1984	782
1985	874
1986	870
1987	636
1988	2,036
1989	838
1990	854
1991	888
1992	936
1993	1,419
1994	1,345
1995	779
1996	1,034
1997	792
1998	1,238
1999	1,603
2000	753
2001	1,020
2002	650
2003	723
2004	903
2005	927
2006	1,122
2007	1,303
2008	937
2009	935
2010	1,199
2011	617
2012	1,398
2013	607
2014	494
2015	1,160
2016	778
2017	808
2018	714
2019	523
2020	380
2021	746
2022	890
2023	548
2024	1,185
2025	619
2026	517

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Data for records on 2006-07-06: 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 20	790
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1