Weather Records on 23 August 2006

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 2006. Highest significance: Skara 1, SE.

Key Facts for 23 August 2006

On 23 August 2006, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
379 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 702 daily.
Skara 1 set a daily record precipitation of 49.4 mm (1.9 in) on 23 August 2006.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 23 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Flen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hallsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morozovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Gregorio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Algaras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sorbytorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosepine Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Polotsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roslavl	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orsha	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snavlunda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotonosha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yezerishche	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seor	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toluca (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Temixco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshaja Murta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mora_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mariestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yautepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Condinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Essaouira	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vrena	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Semenovka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuevo Valle Moreno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leksand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Venadero (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 220.

Records on 23 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 21, daily 702.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 2006

Top 20 records on 23 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 2006	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	144 years	74 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2006	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2006	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	127 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 2006	Flen, SE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Hallsberg, SE	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	White Sands Natl Mon, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Jasper, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Gorki, BY	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Summerville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Gaylord Bay, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Morozovsk, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Haiwee, US	daily high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Conway, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	San Gregorio, MX	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Algaras, SE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Sorbytorp, SE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Rosepine Rsch STN, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Trenton, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Arlington, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 2006	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	96 years	46 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

1802 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2006. 2006 had 728 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

Download the Data

Data for records on 2006-08-23: 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	425
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2