Weather Records on 6 July 1916

38 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1916. Highest significance: Olands Norra Udde, SE.

Key Facts for 6 July 1916

On 6 July 1916, 38 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 34 daily.
Olands Norra Udde set an all-time record daily precipitation of 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 6 July 1916.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

38 stations

38 station records on 6 July 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haddon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

38 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 27.

Records on 6 July 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1916 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 34.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1916

Top 20 records on 6 July 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1916	Olands Norra Udde, SE	all-time rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 July 1916	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1916	Gavle, SE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1916	Vastervik, SE	monthly rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1916	Ringwood 2, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1916	Orebro, SE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1916	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1916	Montgomery Wb City, US	monthly rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Nora_D, SE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Gorki, BY	monthly rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Landsort, SE	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Stuarts Creek, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Haddon, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	1 year	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1916	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)

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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1916. 1916 had 38 records.

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

Records on 07-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1812	1
1813	1
1819	1
1821	1
1828	3
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	4
1883	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	5
1900	12
1901	7
1902	6
1903	2
1904	4
1905	8
1906	16
1907	9
1908	22
1909	22
1910	31
1911	45
1912	32
1913	18
1914	50
1915	83
1916	38
1917	26
1918	28
1919	36
1920	36
1921	80
1922	159
1923	177
1924	163
1925	160
1926	133
1927	255
1928	231
1929	106
1930	285
1931	489
1932	470
1933	310
1934	400
1935	222
1936	683
1937	385
1938	269
1939	425
1940	437
1941	337
1942	543
1943	349
1944	320
1945	337
1946	172
1947	506
1948	698
1949	405
1950	541
1951	623
1952	456
1953	656
1954	494
1955	388
1956	722
1957	359
1958	717
1959	285
1960	687
1961	501
1962	434
1963	350
1964	579
1965	442
1966	319
1967	684
1968	739
1969	786
1970	497
1971	412
1972	1,368
1973	1,196
1974	456
1975	743
1976	595
1977	848
1978	1,072
1979	1,092
1980	587
1981	1,016
1982	803
1983	1,002
1984	782
1985	874
1986	870
1987	636
1988	2,036
1989	838
1990	854
1991	888
1992	936
1993	1,419
1994	1,345
1995	779
1996	1,034
1997	792
1998	1,238
1999	1,603
2000	753
2001	1,020
2002	650
2003	723
2004	903
2005	927
2006	1,122
2007	1,303
2008	937
2009	935
2010	1,199
2011	617
2012	1,398
2013	607
2014	494
2015	1,160
2016	778
2017	808
2018	714
2019	523
2020	380
2021	746
2022	890
2023	548
2024	1,185
2025	619
2026	517

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	24
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1