Weather Records on 6 August 2006

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 2006. Highest significance: Akola, IN.

Key Facts for 6 August 2006

On 6 August 2006, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
514 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 805 daily.
Akola set a daily record precipitation of 154.9 mm (6.1 in) on 6 August 2006.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

849 stations

849 station records on 6 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Siedlce	Poland	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Nacional (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkasen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osmjany	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad Chikalth	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tamarindo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dakar/Yoff	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schleiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brest	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jose Cardel	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Divnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	41.3 C (106.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calpulalpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jaransk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Range	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuixtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Siqueros	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth: Cockle Park	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Allen	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richards	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 6 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 35, daily 805.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

594 broken records

Margins by which the 594 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 2006

Top 20 records on 6 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 2006	Akola, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 August 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Borisov, BY	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Siedlce, PL	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Palenque (Dge), MX	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Newport, US	monthly low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Wilbur, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Ft Madison, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Puente Nacional (Cfe), MX	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Bjorkasen, NO	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Eldorado Springs, US	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Plauen, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Hede, SE	all-time high min	19.9 C (67.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Sulphur Springs, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Osmjany, BY	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Durham, GB	all-time high min	17.9 C (64.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Wilsonville, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Aurangabad Chikalth, IN	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	San Diego de Alejandria, MX	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2006	Tamarindo, MX	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	42 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

1794 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2006. 2006 had 849 records.

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

Records on 08-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1806	1
1808	1
1809	1
1810	1
1822	1
1830	1
1833	1
1847	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	4
1903	16
1904	13
1905	13
1906	24
1907	26
1908	17
1909	14
1910	20
1911	22
1912	57
1913	41
1914	6
1915	108
1916	40
1917	35
1918	526
1919	92
1920	39
1921	49
1922	90
1923	113
1924	150
1925	78
1926	85
1927	132
1928	101
1929	189
1930	356
1931	349
1932	226
1933	284
1934	580
1935	330
1936	318
1937	371
1938	308
1939	311
1940	385
1941	356
1942	303
1943	248
1944	312
1945	458
1946	430
1947	625
1948	1,166
1949	464
1950	480
1951	720
1952	513
1953	646
1954	532
1955	531
1956	447
1957	949
1958	521
1959	422
1960	250
1961	551
1962	496
1963	258
1964	481
1965	390
1966	378
1967	757
1968	586
1969	613
1970	504
1971	945
1972	877
1973	876
1974	884
1975	749
1976	923
1977	623
1978	790
1979	544
1980	818
1981	855
1982	643
1983	1,281
1984	815
1985	874
1986	648
1987	948
1988	873
1989	879
1990	1,463
1991	1,100
1992	1,053
1993	1,569
1994	1,918
1995	1,500
1996	1,038
1997	1,216
1998	1,546
1999	938
2000	870
2001	1,100
2002	988
2003	1,221
2004	1,076
2005	756
2006	849
2007	991
2008	820
2009	1,033
2010	1,205
2011	1,357
2012	845
2013	722
2014	673
2015	827
2016	472
2017	827
2018	598
2019	645
2020	510
2021	457
2022	960
2023	1,177
2024	882
2025	721
2026	955

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Data for records on 2006-08-06: 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 10	544
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	4
70 to 80	1