Weather Records on 3 October 2006

973 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2006. Highest significance: Ebrach, DE.

Key Facts for 3 October 2006

On 3 October 2006, 973 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
583 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 104 monthly and 869 daily.
Ebrach set a daily record precipitation of 37.9 mm (1.5 in) on 3 October 2006.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

973 stations

973 station records on 3 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Majsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Berus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kreuznach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Munkfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ornskoldsvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barrington 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kostuckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trubcevsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Durkheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aschaffenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lobenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Essey	France	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ohlsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schleiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waghausel-Kirrlach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kehl-Odelshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weinbiet	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tholey	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schmelz-Huttersdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulda	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nancy-Ochey	France	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Homburg/Saar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kitzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

973 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 321, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	321
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 104, daily 869.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2006

Top 20 records on 3 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2006	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2006	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	122 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2006	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	123 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2006	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2006	Gollhofen, DE	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2006	Majsk, RU	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2006	Berus, DE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2006	Plauen, DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2006	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Lahr, DE	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Bernkastel-Kues, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Bad Kreuznach, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	224 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Strasbourg-Entzheim, FR	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Dresden-Strehlen, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Torrevieja, ES	monthly high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Munkfors, SE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Galesburg, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Ornskoldsvik, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2006	Barrington 3SW, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 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

1834 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2006. 2006 had 973 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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Data for records on 2006-10-03: 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 10	591
10 to 20	85
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1