Weather Records on 5 September 2006

1,014 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 2006. Highest significance: Velikie Luki, RU.

Key Facts for 5 September 2006

On 5 September 2006, 1,014 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
489 were record highs and 299 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 966 daily.
Velikie Luki set a daily record precipitation of 53.5 mm (2.1 in) on 5 September 2006.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,014 stations

1,014 station records on 5 September 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paveletz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ponyri	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plan Lago de Texcoco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yezerishche	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yibin	China	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aragac Visokogornaya	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Y Lightning Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abingdon 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culiacan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smolensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Socorro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lingling	China	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nezahualcoyotl	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,014 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 222, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 226.

Records on 5 September 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	222
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 46, daily 966.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

797 broken records

Margins by which the 797 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 2006

Top 20 records on 5 September 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 2006	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	114 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 September 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Sterling City, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Sandakan, MY	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Paveletz, RU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Makaweli 965, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Milan, IT	monthly high max	35.2 C (95.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Kailua 446, US	monthly low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Ponyri, RU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Plan Lago de Texcoco, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	114 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Wien, AT	daily high min	20.3 C (68.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	144 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Bjelasnica, BA	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Yezerishche, BY	monthly rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Marlinton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Asheville AP, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Zuerich/Fluntern, CH	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 2006	Yibin, CN	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	41 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 1,014 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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Data for records on 2006-09-05: 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	758
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1