Weather Records on 11 October 2006

840 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 2006. Highest significance: Kainaliu 73.2, US.

Key Facts for 11 October 2006

On 11 October 2006, 840 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
406 were record highs and 219 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 817 daily.
Kainaliu 73.2 set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 11 October 2006.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

840 stations

840 station records on 11 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Puyacatengo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sam Rayburn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aspendell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sretensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bardwell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

840 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 11 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 11 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 817.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

612 broken records

Margins by which the 612 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 2006

Top 20 records on 11 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 2006	Kainaliu 73.2, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 October 2006	Mengzi, CN	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Grass Range, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Murdo, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Puyacatengo, MX	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily low min	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Oxford, GB	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	186 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Weeping Water, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Ipswich, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Toulouse-Blagnac, FR	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Hoxie, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Pawnee City, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Bridgeport, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	89 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	McPherson, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Eagle, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Abala, MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Centralia, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Eureka 1E, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	O'Neill, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 2006	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	37 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 840 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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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	552
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1