Weather Records on 16 September 2006

1,274 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 2006. Highest significance: Crater Lake Nps HQ, US.

Key Facts for 16 September 2006

On 16 September 2006, 1,274 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
640 were record highs and 398 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,225 daily.
Crater Lake Nps HQ set a monthly record daily precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 16 September 2006.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 409 records.

Record Map

1,274 stations

1,274 station records on 16 September 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 September 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hayden	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yellowtail Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Acatitan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz de Alaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lancang	China	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tremonton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ixpalino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Las Tortugas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkasen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vascogil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo Caliente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ixpalino	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
City Creek Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,274 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 286, Lowest daily maximum 234, Highest daily minimum 354, Lowest daily minimum 164, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 16 September 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	286
Lowest daily maximum	234
Highest daily minimum	354
Lowest daily minimum	164
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 16 September 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 47, daily 1,225.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

949 broken records

Margins by which the 949 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 2006

Top 20 records on 16 September 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 2006	Crater Lake Nps HQ, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2006	Steamboat Springs, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2006	Schuyler, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2006	Hayden, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2006	Yellowtail Dam, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2006	Sibley, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 September 2006	Meeker, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Fishtail, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Acatitan, MX	daily rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Grant 5 SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Hvar, HR	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	123 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Austin 1 W, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Santa Cruz de Alaya, MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Sheridan AP, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Lancang, CN	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Berkeley, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Bridger 2 N, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Vernal, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 2006	Lovell, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	52 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

1793 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 1,274 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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 20	893
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1