Weather Records on 16 August 2006

894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 2006. Highest significance: Nelkan, RU.

Key Facts for 16 August 2006

On 16 August 2006, 894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
536 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 855 daily.
Nelkan set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 16 August 2006.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

894 stations

894 station records on 16 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nelkan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Elburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oldebroek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flyvestation Aalborg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lindbergh Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Napas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogwoud	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pudoz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Julia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dronten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zwolle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borlange	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ortrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vastantrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cliff 11 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Llanta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zapotitlan Salinas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Andersviksberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel de Lobos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Barril	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalcazar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

894 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 253, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 283, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 16 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	253
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	283
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 32, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

672 broken records

Margins by which the 672 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 2006

Top 20 records on 16 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 2006	Nelkan, RU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2006	Elburg, NL	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2006	Mc Cool Junction, US	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 August 2006	Pte de Chassiron, FR	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Oldebroek, NL	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Ragland 3 SSW, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Rio Piedras Exp STN, PR	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Flyvestation Aalborg, DK	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Plains, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily high max	21.6 C (70.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Belle Ile - le Talut, FR	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Lindbergh Lake, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Fort Huachuca, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Napas, RU	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Clover Valley, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 2006	Weatherford, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	44 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 894 records.

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

Records on 08-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	2
1811	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	2
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	5
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1882	2
1883	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1890	5
1891	2
1893	6
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	4
1898	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	7
1902	5
1903	12
1904	9
1905	9
1906	11
1907	20
1908	31
1909	25
1910	14
1911	16
1912	30
1913	88
1914	10
1915	32
1916	147
1917	27
1918	72
1919	13
1920	144
1921	42
1922	148
1923	135
1924	139
1925	92
1926	165
1927	314
1928	207
1929	509
1930	158
1931	336
1932	348
1933	260
1934	504
1935	496
1936	728
1937	818
1938	700
1939	340
1940	287
1941	371
1942	447
1943	579
1944	467
1945	370
1946	313
1947	477
1948	342
1949	345
1950	305
1951	423
1952	552
1953	558
1954	648
1955	558
1956	413
1957	402
1958	1,013
1959	354
1960	518
1961	866
1962	423
1963	897
1964	831
1965	565
1966	433
1967	829
1968	824
1969	684
1970	386
1971	641
1972	997
1973	592
1974	689
1975	766
1976	1,153
1977	831
1978	835
1979	1,698
1980	855
1981	766
1982	516
1983	1,251
1984	662
1985	1,063
1986	811
1987	1,120
1988	1,594
1989	730
1990	702
1991	601
1992	2,027
1993	820
1994	1,075
1995	1,542
1996	678
1997	1,284
1998	865
1999	697
2000	873
2001	1,136
2002	1,258
2003	1,220
2004	1,239
2005	813
2006	894
2007	1,442
2008	1,183
2009	1,128
2010	1,239
2011	896
2012	670
2013	770
2014	640
2015	841
2016	786
2017	672
2018	412
2019	430
2020	1,382
2021	825
2022	1,145
2023	1,354
2024	765
2025	661
2026	661

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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	613
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1