Weather Records on 11 August 2006

896 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 2006. Highest significance: Wessington 2SE, US.

Key Facts for 11 August 2006

On 11 August 2006, 896 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
486 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 856 daily.
Wessington 2SE set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 11 August 2006.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

896 stations

896 station records on 11 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Abag Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Helgoland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hammer Odde Fyr-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Medemblik	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Delft	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Canal KM 27+250	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spakenburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvaardersdiep	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Raices	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lovestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corfu	Greece	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hengelo (O)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klazienaveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deep Springs College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huehuetoca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Botosani	Romania	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norra_Stroo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Man	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhigalovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toluca (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oudemirdum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minqin	China	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Ammers	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

896 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 212, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 274, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	212
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	274
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 36, daily 856.

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 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 2006

Top 20 records on 11 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 2006	Wessington 2SE, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2006	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 August 2006	Abag Qi, CN	all-time rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Helgoland, DE	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Gastonia, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Hammer Odde Fyr-1, DK	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Medemblik, NL	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Delft, NL	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Bright Angel Rs, US	monthly rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Gran Canal KM 27+250, MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Spakenburg, NL	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Oostvaardersdiep, NL	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Porthill, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Iroquois, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 2006	Pennington Gap, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	50 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

1793 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 896 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

Download the Data

Data for records on 2006-08-11: 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	524
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1