Weather Records on 14 August 2006

1,073 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 2006. Highest significance: Oudenbosch, NL.

Key Facts for 14 August 2006

On 14 August 2006, 1,073 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
464 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,031 daily.
Oudenbosch set a daily record precipitation of 39.8 mm (1.6 in) on 14 August 2006.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

1,073 stations

1,073 station records on 14 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Delft	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kapellebrug	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Barendrecht	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kloosterzande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oosterhout	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Krabbendijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oje_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rilland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eersel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Poortugaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wijk_Aan_Zee_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Neumunster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brielle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pelzerhaken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rdam-Waalhaven	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Papenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Worpswede-Huttenbusch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kortgene	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Finspang	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dirksland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Klundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Numansdorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ouddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goedereede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gorinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zegveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Helvoet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stavenisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Terneuzen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biervliet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Capelle (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Overveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,073 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 274, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	274
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 33, daily 1,031.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

836 broken records

Margins by which the 836 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 2006

Top 20 records on 14 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 2006	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	70 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2006	Friona, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2006	Syracuse 1NE, US	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 August 2006	Delft, NL	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Kapellebrug, NL	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Barendrecht, NL	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Kloosterzande, NL	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Oosterhout, NL	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Ginneken, NL	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Krabbendijke, NL	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Oje_D, SE	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Rilland, NL	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Eersel, NL	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	116 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Poortugaal, NL	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Wijk_Aan_Zee_1, NL	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 2006	Chumphon, TH	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	54 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 1,073 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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Data for records on 2006-08-14: 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	656
10 to 20	90
20 to 30	65
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	3