Weather Records on 23 October 2006

1,976 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 2006. Highest significance: Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE.

Key Facts for 23 October 2006

On 23 October 2006, 1,976 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
785 were record highs and 570 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,941 daily.
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 23 October 2006.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,976 stations

1,976 station records on 23 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Comondu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mulege	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Puerto San Carlos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kitzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
San Javier	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Obersulm-Willsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Borja	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
El Barril	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Las Pocitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Pinito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hofheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Korsa	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Artjarvi Kk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rastatt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Oregano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ures (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bahia de Los Angeles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Molino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carbo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mazatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orimattila Kakela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Zacarias	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosillo II (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nurmijarvi Rajamaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nagold	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Magdalena	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Platanito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sorli	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iquitos	Peru	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grythyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanko Tvarminne	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miehikkala Hauhia	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nacozari (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virolahti Nopala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Felix Gomez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tjarnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hirvensalmi Hameenmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Cruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,976 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 398, Highest daily minimum 593, Lowest daily minimum 172, Heaviest daily rainfall 608, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 23 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	398
Highest daily minimum	593
Lowest daily minimum	172
Heaviest daily rainfall	608
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 23 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 1,941.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,656 broken records

Margins by which the 1,656 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 2006

Top 20 records on 23 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 2006	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2006	Comondu, MX	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2006	La Poza Grande, MX	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2006	Mulege, MX	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2006	Puerto San Carlos, MX	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2006	Kitzingen, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2006	San Javier, MX	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 2006	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	Obersulm-Willsbach, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	San Borja, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	Santa Rosalia (Dge), MX	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	Eppingen-Elsenz, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	El Barril, MX	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	Las Pocitas, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, MX	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	El Pinito, MX	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	Hofheim, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	Korsa, SE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	Artjarvi Kk, FI	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 2006	Rastatt, DE	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	48 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 1,976 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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	1,591
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2