Weather Records on 20 August 2006

851 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 2006. Highest significance: Sredhekolymsk, RU.

Key Facts for 20 August 2006

On 20 August 2006, 851 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
462 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 826 daily.
Sredhekolymsk set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 20 August 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

851 stations

851 station records on 20 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Espanola	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stehag	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Veendam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Unadilla 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winschoten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanku	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cataloochee	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nagornyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hogemalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Julia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ammerzoden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenland	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Methoni	Greece	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Visingso	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wijk Bij Duurstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amerongen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sappemeer	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalcazar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
S Hero	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trancoso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

851 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 288, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 225.

Records on 20 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	288
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 826.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 2006

Top 20 records on 20 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 2006	Sredhekolymsk, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2006	Espanola, US	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2006	Stehag, SE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Veendam, NL	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	McCracken, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Deposit, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Unadilla 2 N, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Winschoten, NL	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Alcove Dam, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Kanku, RU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Chapman, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Hiddensee-Vitte, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Peru 2 WSW, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2006	Cataloochee, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 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 851 records.

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

Records on 08-20 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1809	2
1816	1
1830	1
1832	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1858	3
1863	5
1867	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	6
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	12
1902	3
1903	7
1904	30
1905	7
1906	26
1907	15
1908	21
1909	69
1910	7
1911	18
1912	25
1913	23
1914	15
1915	14
1916	74
1917	51
1918	69
1919	25
1920	47
1921	23
1922	52
1923	83
1924	132
1925	193
1926	187
1927	338
1928	101
1929	213
1930	318
1931	214
1932	299
1933	324
1934	376
1935	339
1936	543
1937	537
1938	250
1939	448
1940	695
1941	230
1942	429
1943	436
1944	355
1945	398
1946	349
1947	988
1948	403
1949	431
1950	1,341
1951	824
1952	425
1953	441
1954	476
1955	848
1956	678
1957	342
1958	281
1959	764
1960	465
1961	520
1962	684
1963	577
1964	629
1965	470
1966	1,094
1967	657
1968	862
1969	608
1970	414
1971	585
1972	522
1973	490
1974	565
1975	411
1976	894
1977	860
1978	563
1979	1,009
1980	991
1981	856
1982	620
1983	1,465
1984	696
1985	666
1986	819
1987	564
1988	991
1989	603
1990	1,262
1991	804
1992	1,168
1993	759
1994	719
1995	1,113
1996	900
1997	1,214
1998	802
1999	810
2000	989
2001	909
2002	1,208
2003	1,031
2004	1,333
2005	1,112
2006	851
2007	1,955
2008	1,170
2009	1,414
2010	1,028
2011	987
2012	1,086
2013	545
2014	582
2015	1,075
2016	872
2017	324
2018	657
2019	698
2020	1,051
2021	1,028
2022	1,038
2023	1,479
2024	589
2025	1,134
2026	985

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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	523
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1