Weather Records on 20 December 2006

1,387 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 2006. Highest significance: Bones I Bardu, NO.

Key Facts for 20 December 2006

On 20 December 2006, 1,387 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
498 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 1,318 daily.
Bones I Bardu set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 20 December 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

1,387 stations

1,387 station records on 20 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Boulder	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yuin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Stratton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Riverside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newbicup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arnold	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woodanilling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Rosecrans Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hartley 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alsvag I Versteralen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,387 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 287, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 541, Heaviest daily snowfall 108, Deepest snow cover 77.

Records on 20 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	287
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	541
Heaviest daily snowfall	108
Deepest snow cover	77

Records on 20 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 68, daily 1,318.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,159 broken records

Margins by which the 1,159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 December 2006

Top 20 records on 20 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 2006	Bones I Bardu, NO	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Westcliffe, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	76 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Coldwater, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	76 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Ft Collins, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Ewing, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	74 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	O'Neill, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Lakin, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Westcliffe, US	daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	95 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Boulder, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Yuin, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	106 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Richfield 10 WSW, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Wallace, US	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Stratton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 December 2006	Liberal, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)

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

1793 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 1,387 records.

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

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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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	1,056
50 to 100	59
100 to 150	30
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1