Weather Records on 1 August 2006

1,655 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 2006. Highest significance: Vestervig, DK.

Key Facts for 1 August 2006

On 1 August 2006, 1,655 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,028 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 40 were all-time records, 138 monthly and 1,477 daily.
Vestervig set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 1 August 2006.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,655 stations

1,655 station records on 1 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oosterhout	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Voorthuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hamra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Aerodrome	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gemert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Almen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tholen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vallbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Nsa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Mateo Acuitlapilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skurup_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bhopal/Bairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oss	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing Capital City AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trelleborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,655 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 301, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 727, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 318.

Records on 1 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	301
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	727
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 40, monthly 138, daily 1,477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,105 broken records

Margins by which the 1,105 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 2006

Top 20 records on 1 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2006	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2006	Kanalohuluhulu 1075, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2006	Anna 4 N, US	all-time high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2006	Lund, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	131 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2006	Oosterhout, NL	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Kassala, SD	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Voronez, RU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Windom, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Cottonwood Weir, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Odesa, UA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Solomons, US	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Charlevoix, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	109 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Frankfort 2NE, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Garfield, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Voorthuizen, NL	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Hamra, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Eldorado Springs, US	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2006	Nice, FR	all-time high max	37.7 C (99.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	61 years	48 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

1797 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2006. 2006 had 1,655 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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Data for records on 2006-08-01: 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	1,076
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1