Weather Records on 17 September 2006

1,344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 2006. Highest significance: Strasbourg-Entzheim, FR.

Key Facts for 17 September 2006

On 17 September 2006, 1,344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
692 were record highs and 409 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,289 daily.
Strasbourg-Entzheim set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 17 September 2006.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

1,344 stations

1,344 station records on 17 September 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pasto/Antonio Narin	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weinbiet	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Siqueros	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	222.5 mm (8.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emmendingen-Mundingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vida 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neunkirchen-Wellesweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hilgenroth	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pisa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kehl-Odelshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,344 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 300, Lowest daily maximum 192, Highest daily minimum 392, Lowest daily minimum 217, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 September 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	300
Lowest daily maximum	192
Highest daily minimum	392
Lowest daily minimum	217
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 September 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 52, daily 1,289.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

997 broken records

Margins by which the 997 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 154.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 2006

Top 20 records on 17 September 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 2006	Strasbourg-Entzheim, FR	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2006	Pasto/Antonio Narin, CO	monthly rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2006	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	123 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2006	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2006	Eslohe, DE	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 September 2006	Beach, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Dillenburg, DE	all-time rain	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Saarbrucken/Ensheim, DE	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Weinbiet, DE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Siqueros, MX	daily rain	222.5 mm (8.8 in)	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Hirado, JP	daily rain	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Worms, DE	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Emmendingen-Mundingen, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Rheinfelden, DE	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Schopfheim-Eichen, DE	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Jefferson, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 2006	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	51 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

1796 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2006. 2006 had 1,344 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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	937
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2