Weather Records on 5 October 2006

930 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 2006. Highest significance: Waverly, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 2006

On 5 October 2006, 930 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
499 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 75 monthly and 854 daily.
Waverly set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.2 mm (4.2 in) on 5 October 2006.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

930 stations

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

Weather records on 5 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Green River Aviation	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Den Oever	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
De Kooy	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen (Nh)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kreileroord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Athens Ou	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wijk_Aan_Zee_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kornwerderzand	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carpenter 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Haukes	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Makkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aanekoski Kalaniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Viitasaari Huopana	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Callantsoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Overveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

930 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 241, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 273.

Records on 5 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	241
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 75, daily 854.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

706 broken records

Margins by which the 706 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 2006

Top 20 records on 5 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 2006	Waverly, US	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2006	Green River Aviation, US	all-time rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2006	Den Oever, NL	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 October 2006	De Kooy, NL	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Bergen (Nh), NL	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Kreileroord, NL	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Athens Ou, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	122 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Castricum, NL	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Wijk_Aan_Zee_1, NL	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Kailua 446, US	monthly low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Kornwerderzand, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Cimarron, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Carpenter 2 S, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Petten, NL	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	De Haukes, NL	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Makkum, NL	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 2006	Buzau, RO	daily high max	32.4 C (90.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	109 years	45 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

1795 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2006. 2006 had 930 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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Data for records on 2006-10-05: 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	682
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1