Weather Records on 29 August 2006

1,156 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 August 2006. Highest significance: Yalta, UA.

Key Facts for 29 August 2006

On 29 August 2006, 1,156 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
618 were record highs and 252 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,101 daily.
Yalta set a daily record precipitation of 59.0 mm (2.3 in) on 29 August 2006.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,156 stations

1,156 station records on 29 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwood 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sulina	Romania	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hatyryk-Homo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sangary	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Number One (Murrays Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nokia Tottijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mariedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Sandy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bobin (Bobin Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salla Salmivaara Lakijanka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weesp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Julia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grover Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenslopes Private Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,156 records

Records set or tied on 29 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 404, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 286.

Records on 29 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	404
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 51, daily 1,101.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

828 broken records

Margins by which the 828 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 August 2006

Top 20 records on 29 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 2006	Yalta, UA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2006	Greensburg, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	94 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2006	Brevard, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 August 2006	Morris 1NW, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	San Ignacio, MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Rockwood 2, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Sulina, RO	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Newport, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Hatyryk-Homo, RU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Sangary, RU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Kingston, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Bell Ranch, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 August 2006	Number One (Murrays Creek), AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 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

1807 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2006. 2006 had 1,156 records.

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

Records on 08-29 in each year
Year	Records
1807	4
1814	2
1827	1
1834	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	4
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	1
1893	3
1894	6
1895	2
1896	10
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	1
1901	6
1902	7
1903	21
1904	7
1905	21
1906	14
1907	5
1908	12
1909	25
1910	9
1911	44
1912	36
1913	21
1914	32
1915	36
1916	59
1917	41
1918	28
1919	34
1920	76
1921	102
1922	41
1923	66
1924	250
1925	222
1926	403
1927	214
1928	288
1929	139
1930	170
1931	181
1932	675
1933	435
1934	459
1935	632
1936	297
1937	430
1938	253
1939	332
1940	395
1941	384
1942	654
1943	334
1944	338
1945	390
1946	702
1947	419
1948	1,096
1949	470
1950	557
1951	917
1952	345
1953	1,189
1954	438
1955	365
1956	351
1957	392
1958	240
1959	496
1960	499
1961	501
1962	400
1963	672
1964	483
1965	1,095
1966	463
1967	511
1968	887
1969	691
1970	481
1971	514
1972	635
1973	679
1974	874
1975	517
1976	547
1977	770
1978	755
1979	581
1980	521
1981	869
1982	1,164
1983	883
1984	1,230
1985	551
1986	2,408
1987	659
1988	1,237
1989	728
1990	1,009
1991	806
1992	1,417
1993	1,306
1994	596
1995	1,090
1996	1,056
1997	957
1998	1,452
1999	756
2000	1,076
2001	743
2002	921
2003	964
2004	813
2005	993
2006	1,156
2007	959
2008	716
2009	1,110
2010	1,184
2011	1,252
2012	901
2013	739
2014	419
2015	798
2016	576
2017	1,162
2018	890
2019	789
2020	827
2021	567
2022	437
2023	677
2024	1,047
2025	664
2026	797

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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	723
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	3