Weather Records on 17 October 2006

1,506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 2006. Highest significance: Fillmore, US.

Key Facts for 17 October 2006

On 17 October 2006, 1,506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
633 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 129 monthly and 1,372 daily.
Fillmore set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 17 October 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,506 stations

1,506 station records on 17 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Grand Ecore	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sam Rayburn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Guiyang	China	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye Lake 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olla	United States	Record daily precipitation	337.8 mm (13.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Opelousas	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Etla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Keaau 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neuville	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jerez de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,506 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 265, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 368, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 624, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 17 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	265
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	368
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	624
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 17 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 129, daily 1,372.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,191 broken records

Margins by which the 1,191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 209.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 2006

Top 20 records on 17 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 2006	Fillmore, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	77 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	95 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Grand Ecore, US	monthly rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Winnsboro 5 SSE, US	monthly rain	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Oak Ridge, US	all-time rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Colfax, US	all-time rain	268.0 mm (10.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Rolling Fk, US	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Kosciusko, US	monthly rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Winnfield 3 N, US	monthly rain	239.8 mm (9.4 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	14 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Jackson, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Sam Rayburn Dam, US	monthly rain	256.5 mm (10.1 in)	123.1 mm (4.8 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Eaton, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Guiyang, CN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Jennings, US	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Moorhead, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Kenton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 2006	Berne Wwtp, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 2006	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	59 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 1,506 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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 50	1,123
50 to 100	56
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1