Weather Records on 6 December 2006

1,097 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 2006. Highest significance: Fredonia, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 2006

On 6 December 2006, 1,097 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
786 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 170 monthly and 927 daily.
Fredonia set a daily record snow depth of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 6 December 2006.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,097 stations

1,097 station records on 6 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
California	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 3SSW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Robin Hood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reboly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chicapa de Castro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Szczecin	Poland	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Siauliai	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valga	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyritz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Oxtotilpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tihvin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pskov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,097 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 464, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 322, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 6 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	464
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	322
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 6 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 170, daily 927.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

917 broken records

Margins by which the 917 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 2006

Top 20 records on 6 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 2006	Fredonia, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Velikie Luki, RU	monthly high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Moran, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Embrun, FR	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	California, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Petersburg 3SSW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high min	9.1 C (48.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Putbus, DE	daily high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Robin Hood Station, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Halle, DE	daily high min	9.1 C (48.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	13.6 C (56.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	137 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily high max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Stockholm, SE	daily high max	12.1 C (53.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Princeville, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Petrozawodsk, RU	monthly high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Boras, SE	daily high max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high max	10.4 C (50.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Skara 1, SE	daily high max	10.7 C (51.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 2006	Yates Ctr, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	96 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

1804 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2006. 2006 had 1,097 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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 25	872
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1