Weather Records on 22 October 2006

1,296 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 2006. Highest significance: Zamora, ES.

Key Facts for 22 October 2006

On 22 October 2006, 1,296 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
535 were record highs and 402 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,262 daily.
Zamora set a daily record precipitation of 50.5 mm (2.0 in) on 22 October 2006.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,296 stations

1,296 station records on 22 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Huejucar (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
El Sauz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
La Florida	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bolaos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Contla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalian	China	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corrinchis II	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Platanito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Achimec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Escobedo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bayou Sorrel Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mariano Abasolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Juan Aldama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burgos-Villafria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid	Spain	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Comanja de Corona	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poza Rica	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yingkou	China	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chalchihuites (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,296 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 250, Highest daily minimum 363, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 336, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 22 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	250
Highest daily minimum	363
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	336
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 22 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 33, daily 1,262.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,009 broken records

Margins by which the 1,009 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 159.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 2006

Top 20 records on 22 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 2006	Zamora, ES	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2006	Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge), MX	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2006	Huejucar (Obs), MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 October 2006	El Sauz, MX	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	La Florida, MX	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Bolaos, MX	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Elizabethton, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	107 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Eagle, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Contla, MX	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Dalian, CN	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Corrinchis II, MX	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Tecolutla, MX	daily rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	El Platanito, MX	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Navacerrada, ES	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Havelund, SE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Presa Achimec, MX	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Monte Escobedo, MX	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Beaudesert Cryna, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Ghanzi, BW	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 2006	Sombrerete (Dge), MX	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	47 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 1,296 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	929
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2