Weather Records on 7 December 2006

1,246 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 2006. Highest significance: Beito, NO.

Key Facts for 7 December 2006

On 7 December 2006, 1,246 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
547 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 84 monthly and 1,162 daily.
Beito set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 7 December 2006.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,246 stations

1,246 station records on 7 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Las Enramadas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Prieto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Garza Ayala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
El Cerrito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
General Bravo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Trinidad	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Apodaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Boca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Fiscal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Higo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Olivo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tanquian de Escobedo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tempoal de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Veinte de Noviembre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tamos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Panuco (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sola	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Floter	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon Spring NWS	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tenacitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Birricannia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Gloria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caon del Diablo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Buena (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,246 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 292, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 501, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 7 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	292
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	501
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 7 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 84, daily 1,162.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,079 broken records

Margins by which the 1,079 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 2006

Top 20 records on 7 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 2006	Beito, NO	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2006	Las Enramadas, MX	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2006	El Cuchillo, MX	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 December 2006	Juarez, MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Cerro Prieto, MX	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Garza Ayala, MX	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	El Cerrito, MX	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	General Bravo (Dge), MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Ovre Sirdal, NO	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Cerralvo (Dge), MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Santa Trinidad, MX	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Sarpsborg, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Kjelsas I Sorkedalen, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Apodaca, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	La Boca, MX	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	San Vicente, MX	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	El Fiscal, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	El Higo, MX	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 2006	Racine Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	87 years	49 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

1801 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2006. 2006 had 1,246 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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Data for records on 2006-12-07: 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	1,057
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1