Weather Records on 3 August 2006

1,514 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 2006. Highest significance: Newport, US.

Key Facts for 3 August 2006

On 3 August 2006, 1,514 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
994 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 37 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 1,370 daily.
Newport set a daily record precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 3 August 2006.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,514 stations

1,514 station records on 3 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Grindsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oost Vlieland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Villaldama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wageningen (Pd)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zetten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sjogarde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
De Haukes	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rangeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heemstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Overum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yaquintela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rdam-Waalhaven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gnesta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beregovo	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lunteren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oud Alblas	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skrins	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ohlsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spakenburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Numansdorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Cajon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Obdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,514 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 299, Lowest daily maximum 172, Highest daily minimum 695, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 270.

Records on 3 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	299
Lowest daily maximum	172
Highest daily minimum	695
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 37, monthly 107, daily 1,370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

984 broken records

Margins by which the 984 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 2006

Top 20 records on 3 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 2006	Newport, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 August 2006	Grindsjon, SE	all-time rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 August 2006	Helmond, NL	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 August 2006	Oost Vlieland, NL	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 August 2006	Beaver, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 August 2006	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	97 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Villaldama, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Wageningen (Pd), NL	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Zetten, NL	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Lapeer Wwtp, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Yale 1 NNW, US	monthly rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Sjogarde, SE	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	De Haukes, NL	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Rangeley, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	W Pt, US	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Cerralvo (Dge), MX	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 2006	Heemstede, NL	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	51 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

1815 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2006. 2006 had 1,514 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

Download the Data

Data for records on 2006-08-03: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 August 2006
Margin	Records
0 to 20	931
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1