Weather Records on 27 October 2006

1,442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 2006. Highest significance: Cheesman, US.

Key Facts for 27 October 2006

On 27 October 2006, 1,442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
725 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,387 daily.
Cheesman set a daily record snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 27 October 2006.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

1,442 stations

1,442 station records on 27 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Santiago Choapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eunice	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Calacoaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Storfinnforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ylistaro Jaaskanjoki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Juuka Niemela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Luoto Eugmo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Karsamaki Venetpalo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pulkkila Kk	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Andaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kirkwall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ylistaro Asemanseutu	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalvia Ruotsalo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lohtaja Marinkainen	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Springs Agric Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lieksa Koli	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,442 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 374, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 351, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 540, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 27 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	374
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	351
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	540
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 27 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 52, daily 1,387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,243 broken records

Margins by which the 1,243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 2006

Top 20 records on 27 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 2006	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2006	Sturt Creek, AU	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	76 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2006	Madison, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	87 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2006	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2006	Taos, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	110 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2006	Leoti, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2006	Santiago Choapan, MX	monthly rain	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Salem, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Newport, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Sharon Springs, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Genoa, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Wallace, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Eunice, US	monthly rain	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Oberlin Fire Twr, US	daily rain	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Calacoaya, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Storfinnforsen, SE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Byers 5 ENE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2006	Haswell, US	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	51 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

1802 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2006. 2006 had 1,442 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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Data for records on 2006-10-27: 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 50	1,195
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2