Weather Records on 11 December 2006

858 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 2006. Highest significance: Kankaanpaa Niinisalo Puolustus, FI.

Key Facts for 11 December 2006

On 11 December 2006, 858 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
543 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 800 daily.
Kankaanpaa Niinisalo Puolustus set a monthly record daily precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 11 December 2006.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

858 stations

858 station records on 11 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kankaanpaa Niinisalo Puolustus	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Narpio Alamarkku	Finland	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Laitila Haukka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rauma Ayho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lieto Tammentaka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huittinen Sallila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karvia Alkkia	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nousiainen Koljola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merikarvia Tuorila Alakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grebbeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Isojoki Karjenkoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ikaalinen Vehuvarpee	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Landing 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaarina Yltoinen	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamijarvi Pirttijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willis Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brunnshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rossared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abild	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luvia Perankyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hopelchen	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chilil	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poytya Ylane	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kokemaki Peipohja Hyrkola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onega	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

858 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 271, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 11 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	271
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 11 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 56, daily 800.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

722 broken records

Margins by which the 722 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 2006

Top 20 records on 11 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 2006	Kankaanpaa Niinisalo Puolustus, FI	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2006	Narpio Alamarkku, FI	monthly rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 2006	Boras, SE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Save, SE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Laitila Haukka, FI	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Rauma Ayho, FI	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Lieto Tammentaka, FI	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Huittinen Sallila, FI	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Karvia Alkkia, FI	monthly rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Nousiainen Koljola, FI	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Merikarvia Tuorila Alakyla, FI	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Grebbeshult, SE	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Isojoki Karjenkoski, FI	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Ikaalinen Vehuvarpee, FI	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Biser, RU	daily high min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Linhult_D, SE	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 2006	Arhangelsk, RU	daily high min	2.6 C (36.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	119 years	42 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

1796 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2006. 2006 had 858 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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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 10	670
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2