Weather Records on 9 October 2006

640 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 2006. Highest significance: Albuquerque Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 2006

On 9 October 2006, 640 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
282 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 616 daily.
Albuquerque Intl AP set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 9 October 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

640 stations

640 station records on 9 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Molinito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Faywood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caopas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruidoso	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winston	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Totolica	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colby 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dimmitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lenorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rienhardt Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Libres (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Ortices	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russkaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Homer AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Truth Or Consequences Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waimea 947	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norcatur 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

640 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 9 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 9 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 616.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

488 broken records

Margins by which the 488 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 2006

Top 20 records on 9 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 2006	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 October 2006	Jemez Springs, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Socorro, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Cordova AP, US	daily rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Tularosa, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Valdez WSO, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Molinito, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Saguache, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Redrock 1 NNE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Faywood, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Quemado, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Biskra, DZ	daily high max	39.6 C (103.3 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Anchorage Merrill Fld, US	monthly high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	White Signal, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Kilauea 1134, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Mombetsu, JP	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Caopas, MX	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Santa Maria del Monte, MX	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Haiwee, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 2006	Mingo 6E, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	42 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 640 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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Data for records on 2006-10-09: 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	445
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2