Weather Records on 28 September 2006

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 2006. Highest significance: West Haldon, AU.

Key Facts for 28 September 2006

On 28 September 2006, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
395 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 681 daily.
West Haldon set a daily record precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 28 September 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

704 stations

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

Weather records on 28 September 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kuhmo Keskusta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Padany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mirrabooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meerschaumvale (Meerschaum Val	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Navilloween	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rhonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Range View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Qdpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus Maria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Larissa	Greece	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Green Pigeon (Morning View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Tenthill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Whitestone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Capulines	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lukachukai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Helenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenroy Massie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mombetsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tequesquitengo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 159, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 236, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 28 September 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	159
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	236
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 28 September 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 2006

Top 20 records on 28 September 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 2006	West Haldon, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 September 2006	Tarome, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Pratten, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Big Timber, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Victoria Hill, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Kuhmo Keskusta, FI	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Padany, RU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Brydeswood STN 985, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Anahuac, MX	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Mirrabooka, AU	monthly rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Meerschaumvale (Meerschaum Val, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Tepelmeme de Morelos, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Navilloween, AU	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Aktobe, KZ	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Mullaley Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 2006	Rhonda, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	37 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

1794 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2006. 2006 had 704 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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 10	504
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1