Weather Records on 2 August 2006

1,736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 August 2006. Highest significance: Glenwood Spgs #2, US.

Key Facts for 2 August 2006

On 2 August 2006, 1,736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,117 were record highs and 252 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 59 were all-time records, 151 monthly and 1,526 daily.
Glenwood Spgs #2 set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 2 August 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

1,736 stations

1,736 station records on 2 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Blokzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Olofstrom	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gustorp_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Schoondijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tosteberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Giethoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Soderkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Swea City 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mahaulepu 941.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ceballos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eleele 927	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Puesto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dzalinda-1	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogerheide	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arcelia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rekken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hogemalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Volozhin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tlahuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Markaryd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest/Pestszentlorinc	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bromolla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lida	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,736 records

Records set or tied on 2 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 242, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 875, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 367.

Records on 2 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	242
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	875
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 59, monthly 151, daily 1,526.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,171 broken records

Margins by which the 1,171 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 August 2006

Top 20 records on 2 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 August 2006	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Estherville 4E, US	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Winnebago, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	77 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Blokzijl, NL	monthly rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Algona, US	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Milford 4 NW, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Makaweli 965, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Olofstrom, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	McCracken, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	93 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Gustorp_D, SE	all-time rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Indian Lake 2SW, US	all-time high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 August 2006	Schoondijke, NL	all-time rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2006	Tosteberga, SE	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2006	Giethoorn, NL	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2006	Lowville, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2006	Philippine, NL	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2006	Soderkoping, SE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2006	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 August 2006	Mansfield 5 W, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	56 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

1812 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 2006. 2006 had 1,736 records.

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

Records on 08-02 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1816	2
1828	1
1829	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1863	3
1864	1
1867	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1898	2
1899	6
1900	7
1901	2
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	21
1906	21
1907	22
1908	39
1909	25
1910	15
1911	43
1912	52
1913	22
1914	15
1915	42
1916	53
1917	115
1918	37
1919	21
1920	45
1921	88
1922	39
1923	128
1924	138
1925	175
1926	200
1927	308
1928	262
1929	210
1930	600
1931	320
1932	334
1933	542
1934	458
1935	457
1936	391
1937	389
1938	544
1939	762
1940	237
1941	279
1942	354
1943	528
1944	487
1945	269
1946	377
1947	453
1948	455
1949	355
1950	504
1951	305
1952	268
1953	448
1954	371
1955	788
1956	670
1957	339
1958	360
1959	388
1960	637
1961	538
1962	396
1963	314
1964	949
1965	798
1966	462
1967	234
1968	445
1969	395
1970	439
1971	1,048
1972	620
1973	635
1974	513
1975	907
1976	1,098
1977	569
1978	685
1979	569
1980	822
1981	679
1982	819
1983	718
1984	595
1985	742
1986	632
1987	1,062
1988	1,068
1989	1,087
1990	1,055
1991	798
1992	1,132
1993	954
1994	986
1995	1,333
1996	824
1997	794
1998	1,183
1999	1,205
2000	920
2001	947
2002	1,039
2003	1,277
2004	752
2005	961
2006	1,736
2007	834
2008	888
2009	1,106
2010	1,315
2011	1,310
2012	758
2013	817
2014	813
2015	666
2016	608
2017	938
2018	1,097
2019	471
2020	699
2021	835
2022	861
2023	887
2024	1,337
2025	756
2026	1,130

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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	1,101
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1