Weather Records on 28 August 2006

1,244 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 August 2006. Highest significance: Jefferson, US.

Key Facts for 28 August 2006

On 28 August 2006, 1,244 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
534 were record highs and 269 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 1,197 daily.
Jefferson set a daily record precipitation of 101.3 mm (4.0 in) on 28 August 2006.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,244 stations

1,244 station records on 28 August 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 August 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Westerland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bispgarden 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Millheim	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stilwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weiden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
List/Sylt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulvsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kolsillre_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Padasjoki Syrjantaka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Culman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nianfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg-Netzstall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Evertsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Helgoland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flyvestation Aalborg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oraatjarnarna_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Capalaba Water Treat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cacapon St Pk #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
London Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorheim I Ryfylke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Haven Tweed AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kerimaki Rauvanniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,244 records

Records set or tied on 28 August 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 170, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 364, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 441.

Records on 28 August 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	170
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	364
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	441
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 August 2006 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 42, daily 1,197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

954 broken records

Margins by which the 954 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 August 2006

Top 20 records on 28 August 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 August 2006	Jefferson, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	101 years	79 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2006	Clarendon, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2006	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	118 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2006	Westerland, DE	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2006	Bispgarden 1, SE	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2006	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 August 2006	Carroll, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Salem, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Millheim, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Stilwell, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Jackson, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Weiden, DE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	List/Sylt, DE	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Ulvsjon, SE	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Kolsillre_D, SE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Padasjoki Syrjantaka, FI	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Tepelmeme de Morelos, MX	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Culman, RU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 August 2006	Clarence, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	49 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

1800 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2006. 2006 had 1,244 records.

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

Records on 08-28 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1807	4
1811	1
1814	2
1817	1
1835	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	3
1870	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	9
1897	3
1901	12
1902	2
1903	16
1904	13
1905	23
1906	12
1907	2
1908	10
1909	20
1910	5
1911	34
1912	44
1913	17
1914	40
1915	43
1916	141
1917	49
1918	43
1919	39
1920	80
1921	47
1922	60
1923	79
1924	207
1925	165
1926	241
1927	239
1928	252
1929	162
1930	152
1931	306
1932	383
1933	376
1934	346
1935	545
1936	531
1937	545
1938	325
1939	296
1940	368
1941	485
1942	461
1943	366
1944	592
1945	368
1946	495
1947	288
1948	1,133
1949	442
1950	492
1951	694
1952	447
1953	762
1954	499
1955	413
1956	327
1957	545
1958	288
1959	552
1960	470
1961	371
1962	469
1963	464
1964	556
1965	635
1966	338
1967	701
1968	864
1969	1,089
1970	617
1971	695
1972	651
1973	1,211
1974	816
1975	507
1976	505
1977	757
1978	774
1979	838
1980	424
1981	1,120
1982	1,009
1983	748
1984	886
1985	528
1986	1,995
1987	1,260
1988	953
1989	911
1990	983
1991	968
1992	1,814
1993	1,061
1994	688
1995	954
1996	1,109
1997	1,082
1998	1,415
1999	905
2000	1,028
2001	1,042
2002	903
2003	792
2004	966
2005	731
2006	1,244
2007	788
2008	889
2009	928
2010	914
2011	1,748
2012	682
2013	693
2014	590
2015	660
2016	812
2017	1,060
2018	1,110
2019	943
2020	1,008
2021	459
2022	388
2023	899
2024	862
2025	871
2026	873

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Data for records on 2006-08-28: 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 20	888
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2