Weather Records on 19 August 2006

850 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 2006. Highest significance: Ellsworth, US.

Key Facts for 19 August 2006

On 19 August 2006, 850 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
475 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 824 daily.
Ellsworth set a daily record precipitation of 104.4 mm (4.1 in) on 19 August 2006.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

850 stations

850 station records on 19 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sejmchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Osmjany	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatabon	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Vojampolka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Champion van Riper Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Valle Moreno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roodeschool	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tajgonos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zapopan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bakchar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Susuman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vileyka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tequesquitengo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cucurpe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wijk_Aan_Zee_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gruidora	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

850 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 286, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 214.

Records on 19 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	286
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 824.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

622 broken records

Margins by which the 622 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 2006

Top 20 records on 19 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 2006	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 August 2006	Sejmchan, RU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 August 2006	Greene, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 August 2006	Great Bend 3WNW, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 August 2006	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 August 2006	Hawarden, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Densmore 2N, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Osmjany, BY	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Gran Quivira Natl Mon, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Sumoto, JP	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Bosque del Apache, US	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	110 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Jaisalmer, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Buckatabon, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Taos, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Hooker, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Anderson Lake, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Lindsborg 3E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 2006	Claflin, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	45 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 850 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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Data for records on 2006-08-19: 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	582
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1