Weather Records on 30 December 2006

1,779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 2006. Highest significance: Clayton Muni Air Pk, US.

Key Facts for 30 December 2006

On 30 December 2006, 1,779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
491 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 28 were all-time records, 155 monthly and 1,596 daily.
Clayton Muni Air Pk set an all-time record snow depth of 71.1 cm (28.0 in) on 30 December 2006.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

1,779 stations

1,779 station records on 30 December 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	96 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Trinidad	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Burlington	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Clines Corners 7SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Onaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Arlington Six Flags	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Damar	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Trinidad AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,779 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 327, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 865, Heaviest daily snowfall 186, Deepest snow cover 122.

Records on 30 December 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	327
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	865
Heaviest daily snowfall	186
Deepest snow cover	122

Records on 30 December 2006 by timescale: all-time 28, monthly 155, daily 1,596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,538 broken records

Margins by which the 1,538 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 431.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 2006

Top 20 records on 30 December 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 2006	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	all-time snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	88 years	96 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Lakin, US	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	108 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Ashland, US	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	95 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Trinidad, US	monthly snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	93 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Hoxie, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	87 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Liberal, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Cimarron, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Oakley 4W, US	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Winona, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Ness City, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Norton 9SSE, US	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 December 2006	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	79 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2006	Stratton, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	79 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2006	Wilsonville, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	78 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2006	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	95 years	77 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2006	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	95 years	77 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2006	Cambridge, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2006	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2006	Perryton, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	89 years	76 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

1799 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2006. 2006 had 1,779 records.

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

Records on 12-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1835	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	4
1872	3
1874	2
1875	2
1876	3
1878	1
1880	5
1881	3
1882	3
1884	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	7
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1895	6
1896	3
1897	7
1898	6
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	8
1904	12
1905	10
1906	11
1907	26
1908	17
1909	13
1910	18
1911	20
1912	37
1913	32
1914	47
1915	62
1916	45
1917	217
1918	25
1919	82
1920	84
1921	111
1922	227
1923	223
1924	65
1925	184
1926	63
1927	290
1928	31
1929	382
1930	71
1931	509
1932	407
1933	279
1934	206
1935	202
1936	931
1937	234
1938	208
1939	237
1940	397
1941	149
1942	584
1943	165
1944	137
1945	251
1946	584
1947	317
1948	760
1949	206
1950	479
1951	955
1952	334
1953	399
1954	538
1955	254
1956	556
1957	443
1958	525
1959	216
1960	345
1961	389
1962	671
1963	567
1964	537
1965	1,122
1966	403
1967	760
1968	1,391
1969	817
1970	571
1971	1,122
1972	1,052
1973	1,262
1974	564
1975	703
1976	981
1977	795
1978	1,930
1979	427
1980	1,560
1981	684
1982	630
1983	2,765
1984	1,834
1985	568
1986	852
1987	1,270
1988	755
1989	528
1990	3,065
1991	525
1992	1,210
1993	865
1994	642
1995	1,455
1996	1,620
1997	1,384
1998	801
1999	838
2000	1,377
2001	651
2002	1,034
2003	661
2004	974
2005	928
2006	1,779
2007	748
2008	653
2009	933
2010	1,200
2011	782
2012	676
2013	642
2014	660
2015	820
2016	706
2017	1,324
2018	284
2019	1,131
2020	604
2021	1,455
2022	909
2023	726
2024	638
2025	325

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 30 December 2006
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,450
100 to 200	60
200 to 300	20
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	2