Weather Records on 4 September 2006

1,268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 2006. Highest significance: Kuranda Railway Station, AU.

Key Facts for 4 September 2006

On 4 September 2006, 1,268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
603 were record highs and 359 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 124 monthly and 1,142 daily.
Kuranda Railway Station set a daily record precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 4 September 2006.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,268 stations

1,268 station records on 4 September 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	294.0 mm (11.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.8 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Andalsnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Angardsvatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Polotsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Padasjoki Syrjantaka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Camel Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Transou	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lyntupy	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jamsa Halli Lentokentta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Afjord - Momyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puskinskie_Gory	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Arish Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orimattila Kakela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hollola Kk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	142.8 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Casas Grandes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halsafjord II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Surnadal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yezerishche	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indal_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yan An	China	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lahti Laune	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,268 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 234, Highest daily minimum 395, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 306.

Records on 4 September 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	234
Highest daily minimum	395
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 124, daily 1,142.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,054 broken records

Margins by which the 1,054 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 2006

Top 20 records on 4 September 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 2006	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2006	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2006	Mulgrave Mill, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2006	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2006	Happy Valley, AU	monthly rain	294.0 mm (11.6 in)	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 September 2006	Tinaroo Falls Dam, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	monthly rain	151.8 mm (6.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Andalsnes, NO	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	117 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Angardsvatnet, NO	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Basel Binningen, CH	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Polotsk, BY	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Padasjoki Syrjantaka, FI	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Camel Creek Station, AU	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Transou, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Kangaroo Hills Station, AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Lyntupy, BY	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Jamsa Halli Lentokentta, FI	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 2006	Afjord - Momyr, NO	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	24 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

1802 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2006. 2006 had 1,268 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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Data for records on 2006-09-04: 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	990
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1