Weather Records on 8 July 2006

928 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 2006. Highest significance: Pesaro, IT.

Key Facts for 8 July 2006

On 8 July 2006, 928 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
515 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 883 daily.
Pesaro set a monthly record daily precipitation of 179.6 mm (7.1 in) on 8 July 2006.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

928 stations

928 station records on 8 July 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orlik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pilvo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Derrame	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Soljanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dhahran	Saudi Arabia	Record high minimum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington Four Corners Rgnl A	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record daily precipitation	128.9 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Bayas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guatenipa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poza Rica	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke Rapids	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jalacingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vikulovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

928 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 239, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 157, Heaviest daily rainfall 132.

Records on 8 July 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	239
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	157
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 2006 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 37, daily 883.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

684 broken records

Margins by which the 684 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 2006

Top 20 records on 8 July 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 2006	Pesaro, IT	monthly rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	107 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
8 July 2006	Malkal, SD	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Larned, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Petersburg 1, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Orlik, RU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Storsteinnes I Balsfjord, NO	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Paxton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Cairo 3N, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Evergreen, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Pilvo, RU	daily high max	28.7 C (83.7 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Manassa, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Claremore 2 ENE, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	El Derrame, MX	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Soljanka, RU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Mt Sterling, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Dhahran, SA	all-time high min	36.0 C (96.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Elephant Butte Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 2006	Farmington Four Corners Rgnl A, US	all-time rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	47 years	42 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 928 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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Data for records on 2006-07-08: 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	664
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1