Weather Records on 24 August 2006

859 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 2006. Highest significance: Danville, US.

Key Facts for 24 August 2006

On 24 August 2006, 859 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
479 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 821 daily.
Danville set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 24 August 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

859 stations

859 station records on 24 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mogilev	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Yautepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stolbtsy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Kruis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oktyabr	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eindhoven-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Ayucan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orsha	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vetluga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cueramaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toluca (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Valley 9S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lijing	China	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cerano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uithuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Carrizal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calixtlahuaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lybrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tequesquitengo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grimeli I Krodsherad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uw Arboretum - Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Aion	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

859 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 240.

Records on 24 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 30, daily 821.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

573 broken records

Margins by which the 573 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 2006

Top 20 records on 24 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 2006	Danville, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2006	Slutsk, BY	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2006	Tabou, CI	monthly rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2006	Reedsburg Wwtp, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2006	Steele 4N, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 August 2006	Fort Huachuca, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Alma Bacon Co AP, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Mogilev, BY	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	San Carlos Yautepec, MX	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Huajintlan, MX	all-time rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Vitebsk, BY	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Stolbtsy, BY	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	St Kruis, NL	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Oktyabr, BY	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Red Wing, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Presa El Giron, MX	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Ft Valley, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 2006	Eindhoven-1, NL	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	47 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 859 records.

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

Records on 08-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1817	2
1818	1
1824	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	1
1855	2
1859	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	5
1897	1
1898	5
1899	7
1900	9
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	8
1905	10
1906	22
1907	20
1908	18
1909	36
1910	22
1911	41
1912	37
1913	17
1914	24
1915	182
1916	33
1917	51
1918	79
1919	66
1920	568
1921	52
1922	98
1923	167
1924	153
1925	177
1926	133
1927	338
1928	288
1929	250
1930	240
1931	312
1932	218
1933	305
1934	617
1935	305
1936	937
1937	390
1938	483
1939	271
1940	706
1941	263
1942	549
1943	496
1944	556
1945	404
1946	425
1947	821
1948	794
1949	260
1950	378
1951	459
1952	528
1953	479
1954	631
1955	426
1956	364
1957	686
1958	547
1959	555
1960	549
1961	502
1962	413
1963	505
1964	670
1965	461
1966	707
1967	536
1968	1,039
1969	734
1970	622
1971	586
1972	587
1973	572
1974	481
1975	722
1976	493
1977	842
1978	588
1979	475
1980	669
1981	579
1982	932
1983	915
1984	600
1985	892
1986	726
1987	1,213
1988	1,093
1989	944
1990	654
1991	599
1992	1,724
1993	987
1994	618
1995	1,111
1996	1,275
1997	1,872
1998	1,113
1999	905
2000	830
2001	872
2002	1,114
2003	1,848
2004	979
2005	718
2006	859
2007	1,530
2008	954
2009	1,085
2010	1,278
2011	1,479
2012	647
2013	395
2014	832
2015	886
2016	906
2017	398
2018	442
2019	416
2020	1,055
2021	788
2022	795
2023	1,437
2024	1,338
2025	1,084
2026	618

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Data for records on 2006-08-24: 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	471
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	28
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	4
70 to 80	1