Weather Records on 5 August 2006

932 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 August 2006. Highest significance: Marrickville Golf Club, AU.

Key Facts for 5 August 2006

On 5 August 2006, 932 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
506 were record highs and 228 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 894 daily.
Marrickville Golf Club set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 5 August 2006.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

932 stations

932 station records on 5 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lepel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Strachowice	Poland	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Susuman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgundam	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yezerishche	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Craiova	Romania	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sharcovschina	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narciso Mendoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	40.7 C (105.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dubno	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miercurea Ciuc	Romania	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toropec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neuruppin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benghazi Benina	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sejmchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Derrame	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vicente Guerrero	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gastonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hovenweep Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Cazadero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Arenal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sells	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

932 records

Records set or tied on 5 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 237, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 269, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	237
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	269
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 36, daily 894.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

620 broken records

Margins by which the 620 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 August 2006

Top 20 records on 5 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 August 2006	Marrickville Golf Club, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2006	Linton, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 August 2006	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Lepel, BY	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Bell Ranch, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Borisov, BY	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Smolensk, RU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Strachowice, PL	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Susuman, RU	all-time rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Ramgundam, IN	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Yezerishche, BY	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Craiova, RO	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Gage, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Gustavus, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Sharcovschina, BY	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Narciso Mendoza, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 August 2006	Winnsboro, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	41 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 932 records.

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

Records on 08-05 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	2
1809	1
1830	3
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	2
1874	2
1876	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	11
1900	4
1901	3
1902	6
1903	18
1904	13
1905	22
1906	13
1907	14
1908	25
1909	21
1910	20
1911	16
1912	72
1913	18
1914	22
1915	83
1916	67
1917	40
1918	233
1919	40
1920	81
1921	53
1922	107
1923	180
1924	144
1925	84
1926	113
1927	230
1928	201
1929	243
1930	467
1931	426
1932	228
1933	341
1934	587
1935	422
1936	309
1937	288
1938	420
1939	275
1940	290
1941	443
1942	393
1943	436
1944	520
1945	311
1946	374
1947	710
1948	930
1949	375
1950	681
1951	557
1952	498
1953	1,043
1954	543
1955	640
1956	422
1957	518
1958	503
1959	438
1960	297
1961	823
1962	451
1963	311
1964	610
1965	265
1966	384
1967	347
1968	394
1969	708
1970	468
1971	748
1972	799
1973	983
1974	810
1975	692
1976	721
1977	583
1978	948
1979	561
1980	998
1981	754
1982	776
1983	1,090
1984	789
1985	845
1986	778
1987	1,061
1988	914
1989	915
1990	1,265
1991	828
1992	861
1993	1,145
1994	1,944
1995	1,205
1996	1,029
1997	1,144
1998	1,817
1999	834
2000	704
2001	986
2002	1,160
2003	1,340
2004	848
2005	1,026
2006	932
2007	787
2008	738
2009	777
2010	1,626
2011	1,347
2012	869
2013	436
2014	915
2015	520
2016	544
2017	888
2018	528
2019	533
2020	626
2021	641
2022	1,332
2023	1,087
2024	711
2025	775
2026	1,048

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Data for records on 2006-08-05: 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 25	608
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1