Weather Records on 27 August 2006

1,090 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 2006. Highest significance: Farmland 5 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 2006

On 27 August 2006, 1,090 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
540 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,051 daily.
Farmland 5 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 27 August 2006.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,090 stations

1,090 station records on 27 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gustorp_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoidalen I Solum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fagered	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Cuxtepeques	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kilegrend	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Katrineholm_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hausjarvi Lavinto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moundsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Isidro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Benavides #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose Iturbide (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,090 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 356, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 317.

Records on 27 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	356
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	317
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 36, daily 1,051.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

784 broken records

Margins by which the 784 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 2006

Top 20 records on 27 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 2006	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	105 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2006	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Romney 1 SW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Falun, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Gustorp_D, SE	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Chattanooga, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Ovre Sirdal, NO	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Ada, SE	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Mitchell 5E, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Hoidalen I Solum, NO	all-time rain	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	135 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Fagered, SE	all-time rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Arthur, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Wink FAA AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Finca Cuxtepeques, MX	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Kilegrend, NO	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Katrineholm_D, SE	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Ordway 4 W, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2006	Chugwater, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	92 years	47 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

1807 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2006. 2006 had 1,090 records.

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

Records on 08-27 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1810	1
1811	1
1813	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1834	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	4
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	7
1895	1
1896	4
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	2
1903	22
1904	4
1905	16
1906	27
1907	9
1908	10
1909	10
1910	6
1911	16
1912	40
1913	10
1914	31
1915	37
1916	106
1917	57
1918	18
1919	78
1920	36
1921	27
1922	52
1923	63
1924	245
1925	102
1926	143
1927	395
1928	197
1929	80
1930	247
1931	205
1932	355
1933	368
1934	249
1935	348
1936	806
1937	679
1938	374
1939	191
1940	468
1941	504
1942	476
1943	581
1944	811
1945	414
1946	345
1947	291
1948	987
1949	475
1950	380
1951	415
1952	402
1953	712
1954	594
1955	485
1956	387
1957	615
1958	213
1959	522
1960	365
1961	365
1962	577
1963	335
1964	400
1965	440
1966	406
1967	887
1968	517
1969	780
1970	1,361
1971	640
1972	722
1973	1,519
1974	722
1975	506
1976	565
1977	793
1978	671
1979	917
1980	478
1981	998
1982	828
1983	823
1984	683
1985	660
1986	1,072
1987	1,356
1988	601
1989	854
1990	761
1991	813
1992	1,657
1993	1,087
1994	696
1995	1,143
1996	968
1997	1,189
1998	1,387
1999	1,258
2000	865
2001	1,304
2002	1,027
2003	916
2004	1,037
2005	733
2006	1,090
2007	958
2008	885
2009	701
2010	1,045
2011	1,518
2012	626
2013	629
2014	582
2015	832
2016	968
2017	838
2018	933
2019	1,013
2020	777
2021	635
2022	470
2023	953
2024	600
2025	1,218
2026	815

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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 20	736
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1