Weather Records on 30 August 2006

989 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 2006. Highest significance: Cangai (Smelter Creek), AU.

Key Facts for 30 August 2006

On 30 August 2006, 989 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
463 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 941 daily.
Cangai (Smelter Creek) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 144.2 mm (5.7 in) on 30 August 2006.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

989 stations

989 station records on 30 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cangai (Smelter Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.8 mm (6.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Iluka (Owen St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Orama (Darkwood Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leigh (Rolling Acres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gubiniha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Black Swamp (Athlyne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Halfway Creek (Pacific Hwy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Svityaz'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whiporie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meerschaumvale (Meerschaum Val	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alstonville Tropical Fruit Res	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yarras (Mount Seaview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kyrylivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Maplewood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Botieve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzalez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst (Stockyard Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berezino	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yulin	China	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield Mercer Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.8 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Martin Texmelucan Labasti	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klichev	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

989 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 286, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 257.

Records on 30 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	286
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 44, daily 941.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

742 broken records

Margins by which the 742 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 2006

Top 20 records on 30 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 2006	Cangai (Smelter Creek), AU	monthly rain	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	100 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2006	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	155.8 mm (6.1 in)	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2006	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2006	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2006	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	100 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2006	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2006	Iluka (Owen St), AU	monthly rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Orama (Darkwood Road), AU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Leigh (Rolling Acres), AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Gubiniha, UA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Elizabeth City Cgas, US	monthly rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Mozajsk, RU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Chanthaburi, TH	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Renovo, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Black Swamp (Athlyne), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Ebor (the Racecourse), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Halfway Creek (Pacific Hwy), AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Svityaz', UA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2006	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	49 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

1806 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2006. 2006 had 989 records.

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

Records on 08-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	4
1813	1
1814	2
1827	1
1829	1
1835	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	4
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	4
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	7
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	6
1901	8
1902	12
1903	19
1904	13
1905	23
1906	29
1907	8
1908	10
1909	37
1910	15
1911	41
1912	60
1913	22
1914	23
1915	47
1916	17
1917	50
1918	45
1919	17
1920	78
1921	100
1922	65
1923	61
1924	283
1925	167
1926	173
1927	109
1928	327
1929	208
1930	245
1931	192
1932	1,102
1933	274
1934	519
1935	476
1936	191
1937	418
1938	233
1939	401
1940	346
1941	422
1942	385
1943	487
1944	491
1945	455
1946	545
1947	599
1948	519
1949	240
1950	481
1951	1,091
1952	316
1953	1,124
1954	516
1955	417
1956	479
1957	321
1958	363
1959	546
1960	356
1961	573
1962	387
1963	442
1964	422
1965	1,118
1966	500
1967	536
1968	729
1969	522
1970	423
1971	443
1972	579
1973	646
1974	838
1975	664
1976	679
1977	665
1978	825
1979	517
1980	572
1981	684
1982	770
1983	696
1984	1,127
1985	629
1986	1,768
1987	638
1988	881
1989	791
1990	983
1991	938
1992	1,697
1993	1,200
1994	601
1995	940
1996	1,385
1997	960
1998	1,278
1999	864
2000	1,189
2001	750
2002	801
2003	1,226
2004	1,087
2005	1,500
2006	989
2007	1,300
2008	678
2009	1,251
2010	1,552
2011	994
2012	1,087
2013	644
2014	558
2015	1,074
2016	552
2017	924
2018	616
2019	755
2020	671
2021	429
2022	1,077
2023	651
2024	912
2025	324
2026	733

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Data for records on 2006-08-30: 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	684
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2