Weather Records on 27 December 2006

965 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 2006. Highest significance: Nagano, JP.

Key Facts for 27 December 2006

On 27 December 2006, 965 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
400 were record highs and 403 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 893 daily.
Nagano set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 27 December 2006.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

965 stations

965 station records on 27 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Shirakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fukaura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sendai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nagoya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karuizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Matsumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Tepeuxila	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shinjo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tequesquitengo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maravatio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ephraim	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Rosario	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tremonton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Station Nord	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chapulco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

965 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 305, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 27 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	305
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 27 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 61, daily 893.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

748 broken records

Margins by which the 748 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 2006

Top 20 records on 27 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 2006	Nagano, JP	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2006	Utsunomiya, JP	monthly rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2006	Maebashi, JP	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2006	Kumagaya, JP	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2006	Shirakawa, JP	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Fukaura, JP	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Mutsu, JP	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Yamagata, JP	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Sendai, JP	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Ishinomaki, JP	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Onahama, JP	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Aikawa, JP	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Nagoya, JP	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Choshi, JP	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Gayndah Post Office, AU	monthly low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Dillalah, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Karuizawa, JP	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Gifu, JP	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2006	Rucker Canyon, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	112 years	50 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

1793 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 965 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

Download the Data

Data for records on 2006-12-27: 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	719
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1