Weather Records on 31 October 2006

842 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 October 2006. Highest significance: Machilipatnam, IN.

Key Facts for 31 October 2006

On 31 October 2006, 842 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 770 daily.
Machilipatnam set a daily record precipitation of 341.9 mm (13.5 in) on 31 October 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

842 stations

842 station records on 31 October 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 October 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	341.9 mm (13.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Asele	Sweden	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mugla	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norrsundet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tammisaari Bromarv Vattlax	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lesja - Svanborg	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murrum Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dala-Jarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antalya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Soraby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Preststulen	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kjoeremsgrende	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turee Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huskvarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palkane Padankoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vea	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virolahti Ravijoki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luhanka Tammijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirkwall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ostanvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Teresina (Aeroporto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Asikkala Pulkkilanharju-1	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Libres (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huajimic	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Idkerberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hartola Hotila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

842 records

Records set or tied on 31 October 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 166, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 31 October 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	166
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 31 October 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 71, daily 770.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

667 broken records

Margins by which the 667 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 245.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 October 2006

Top 20 records on 31 October 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 October 2006	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	341.9 mm (13.5 in)	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
31 October 2006	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Asele, SE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Blina, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Mugla, TR	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	monthly low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Norrsundet, SE	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Tammisaari Bromarv Vattlax, FI	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Oujda, MA	daily high min	17.6 C (63.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Tangancicuaro, MX	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Lesja - Svanborg, NO	monthly snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Murrum Station, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Dala-Jarna, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Gaddede, SE	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Antalya, TR	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Soraby, SE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Preststulen, NO	monthly snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	The Dalles, US	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Aberdeen, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 October 2006	Kjoeremsgrende, NO	monthly snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	28 years	41 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

1805 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2006. 2006 had 842 records.

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

Records on 10-31 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1852	2
1856	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	5
1891	3
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	10
1897	1
1898	5
1899	4
1900	5
1901	4
1902	5
1903	5
1904	7
1905	21
1906	38
1907	22
1908	13
1909	15
1910	18
1911	32
1912	14
1913	39
1914	33
1915	11
1916	72
1917	67
1918	72
1919	112
1920	63
1921	22
1922	72
1923	359
1924	244
1925	405
1926	153
1927	183
1928	120
1929	234
1930	240
1931	178
1932	260
1933	796
1934	410
1935	981
1936	307
1937	335
1938	399
1939	415
1940	248
1941	536
1942	578
1943	213
1944	611
1945	287
1946	530
1947	371
1948	695
1949	831
1950	1,237
1951	527
1952	393
1953	303
1954	460
1955	427
1956	1,086
1957	392
1958	314
1959	484
1960	296
1961	511
1962	344
1963	631
1964	538
1965	340
1966	630
1967	748
1968	605
1969	531
1970	412
1971	992
1972	1,234
1973	581
1974	1,192
1975	827
1976	655
1977	616
1978	538
1979	1,130
1980	657
1981	497
1982	560
1983	782
1984	1,054
1985	632
1986	396
1987	1,002
1988	1,058
1989	857
1990	990
1991	3,294
1992	1,324
1993	2,926
1994	1,004
1995	1,051
1996	1,074
1997	1,553
1998	1,410
1999	997
2000	1,114
2001	1,218
2002	1,613
2003	1,167
2004	870
2005	1,048
2006	842
2007	613
2008	1,256
2009	1,030
2010	931
2011	746
2012	884
2013	623
2014	547
2015	691
2016	1,012
2017	437
2018	414
2019	2,501
2020	542
2021	469
2022	497
2023	960
2024	1,133
2025	314

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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	645
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	3