Weather Records on 17 August 2006

814 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 August 2006. Highest significance: Geneva, US.

Key Facts for 17 August 2006

On 17 August 2006, 814 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
472 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 781 daily.
Geneva set a daily record precipitation of 140.2 mm (5.5 in) on 17 August 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

814 stations

814 station records on 17 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yeovilton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Landing 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rorsbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kirwin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deweese 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isparta	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Choibalsan	Mongolia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Hairyuzovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Llanta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Covert	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

814 records

Records set or tied on 17 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 237, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	237
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

589 broken records

Margins by which the 589 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 August 2006

Top 20 records on 17 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 August 2006	Geneva, US	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2006	Alton 1 W, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	91 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2006	Hawarden, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2006	Lebanon, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2006	York, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2006	Bradshaw, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2006	McCracken, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 August 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Bell Ranch, US	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Yeovilton, GB	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Cordoba Aeropuerto, ES	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Friend 3E, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Waterdale, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Fairmont, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Cooper Landing 5 W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Utica, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Gresham 3W, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Rorsbo, SE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 August 2006	Clay Ctr 6 ESE, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	48 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 814 records.

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

Records on 08-17 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1802	2
1820	2
1837	1
1838	2
1841	2
1842	1
1845	2
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	5
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	3
1901	14
1902	7
1903	6
1904	2
1905	11
1906	28
1907	9
1908	26
1909	24
1910	17
1911	18
1912	31
1913	79
1914	41
1915	28
1916	33
1917	35
1918	112
1919	37
1920	110
1921	37
1922	169
1923	161
1924	171
1925	130
1926	182
1927	228
1928	131
1929	243
1930	138
1931	302
1932	360
1933	260
1934	377
1935	437
1936	670
1937	726
1938	466
1939	364
1940	341
1941	378
1942	461
1943	743
1944	531
1945	387
1946	433
1947	682
1948	475
1949	371
1950	522
1951	413
1952	470
1953	345
1954	685
1955	465
1956	407
1957	504
1958	519
1959	543
1960	533
1961	998
1962	445
1963	650
1964	410
1965	641
1966	496
1967	679
1968	953
1969	593
1970	467
1971	447
1972	1,044
1973	750
1974	582
1975	612
1976	797
1977	1,216
1978	814
1979	1,464
1980	895
1981	1,112
1982	554
1983	1,574
1984	726
1985	948
1986	916
1987	1,150
1988	1,608
1989	687
1990	949
1991	560
1992	1,813
1993	803
1994	1,038
1995	1,724
1996	752
1997	1,544
1998	1,003
1999	697
2000	994
2001	1,101
2002	1,266
2003	948
2004	1,046
2005	722
2006	814
2007	1,646
2008	1,301
2009	922
2010	1,105
2011	956
2012	1,215
2013	802
2014	997
2015	890
2016	748
2017	544
2018	518
2019	467
2020	1,529
2021	800
2022	1,428
2023	1,032
2024	740
2025	538
2026	535

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Data for records on 2006-08-17: 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 20	549
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1