Weather Records on 12 December 2006

886 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 December 2006. Highest significance: Circleville, US.

Key Facts for 12 December 2006

On 12 December 2006, 886 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
668 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 855 daily.
Circleville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.8 mm (3.3 in) on 12 December 2006.
Across 153 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

886 stations

886 station records on 12 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Piper City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Muir Woods	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Heathlands National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manton Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Las Palmas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pjalica	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gridino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beira	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Indiga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Las Pocitas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Umba	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredriksberg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boca del Salado	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jopala (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Umba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

886 records

Records set or tied on 12 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 411, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	411
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

733 broken records

Margins by which the 733 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 December 2006

Top 20 records on 12 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 December 2006	Circleville, US	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Piper City, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Oakland Intl AP, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Muir Woods, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Heathlands National Park, AU	daily rain	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Makaweli 965, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Saint Johns, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Berkeley, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Nashville 1 E, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Ust Tzilma, RU	daily high min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Grundy Ctr, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Manton Dam, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Alvin, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Kargopol, RU	daily high max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Webster City, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Karlstad, SE	daily high min	4.9 C (40.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 December 2006	Everett, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	84 years	35 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 886 records.

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

Records on 12-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1846	1
1855	2
1861	1
1863	3
1870	2
1871	5
1873	2
1879	2
1882	3
1887	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	8
1894	3
1895	1
1896	4
1897	3
1898	20
1899	11
1900	5
1901	4
1902	7
1903	18
1904	20
1905	10
1906	14
1907	8
1908	25
1909	20
1910	39
1911	104
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	46
1916	115
1917	246
1918	33
1919	23
1920	41
1921	63
1922	61
1923	91
1924	130
1925	75
1926	143
1927	335
1928	234
1929	405
1930	45
1931	522
1932	813
1933	358
1934	430
1935	266
1936	142
1937	468
1938	103
1939	418
1940	621
1941	260
1942	257
1943	165
1944	688
1945	212
1946	761
1947	295
1948	282
1949	789
1950	364
1951	175
1952	501
1953	288
1954	696
1955	381
1956	441
1957	1,118
1958	884
1959	464
1960	710
1961	1,481
1962	1,495
1963	439
1964	459
1965	1,045
1966	369
1967	565
1968	727
1969	499
1970	366
1971	585
1972	1,669
1973	397
1974	191
1975	492
1976	319
1977	907
1978	382
1979	1,016
1980	583
1981	734
1982	867
1983	816
1984	808
1985	1,384
1986	408
1987	468
1988	1,030
1989	930
1990	676
1991	1,980
1992	818
1993	887
1994	1,172
1995	2,030
1996	1,391
1997	869
1998	1,103
1999	952
2000	2,510
2001	700
2002	683
2003	537
2004	727
2005	769
2006	886
2007	1,315
2008	1,424
2009	818
2010	1,501
2011	621
2012	684
2013	646
2014	1,040
2015	1,496
2016	530
2017	808
2018	256
2019	418
2020	507
2021	441
2022	767
2023	544
2024	328
2025	1,485

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Data for records on 2006-12-12: 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 10	703
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1