Weather Records on 16 July 2006

1,527 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 2006. Highest significance: Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU.

Key Facts for 16 July 2006

On 16 July 2006, 1,527 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
965 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 42 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,455 daily.
Second Valley (Poolamacca) set a daily record precipitation of 42.8 mm (1.7 in) on 16 July 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,527 stations

1,527 station records on 16 July 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Volciha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bolotnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Killiecrankie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Glen Oak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chechersk-In-Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 21 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Torshavn	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Derrame	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,527 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 545, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 420, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 435.

Records on 16 July 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	545
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	420
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	435
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 2006 by timescale: all-time 42, monthly 30, daily 1,455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,160 broken records

Margins by which the 1,160 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 2006

Top 20 records on 16 July 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 2006	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	70 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2006	Verhojansk, RU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2006	Volciha, RU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 July 2006	Cottonwood 2 E, US	all-time high max	47.2 C (117.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Incheon, KR	daily rain	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Mc Laughlin 2SW, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Frontera Amatenango, MX	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Bolotnoe, RU	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Natural Brg, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	109 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	111 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Killiecrankie, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Santa Rosa, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Lynch, US	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Emmaville (Glen Oak), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Crescent Head, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Nagambie (Goulburn Weir), AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Roscoe, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 2006	Grantsburg, US	all-time high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 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

1798 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2006. 2006 had 1,527 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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 20	1,131
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1