Weather Records on 6 August 1916

40 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1916. Highest significance: Jacksonville Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 6 August 1916

On 6 August 1916, 40 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 38 daily.
Jacksonville Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 6 August 1916.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

40 stations

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

Weather records on 6 August 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bogo Bogolog	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

40 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 11.

Records on 6 August 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

29 broken records

Margins by which the 29 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 21.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1916

Top 20 records on 6 August 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1916	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Dubuque River, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Madison Wb City, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Washington, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Port Arthur, CA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Uccle, BE	daily low min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	3 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	14.6 C (58.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	19 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	22 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	St Albans, CA	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	11 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	21 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	19 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Dubuque River, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	16 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	22 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Port Dover, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	16 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	7 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1916	Bogo Bogolog, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 years	10 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

1794 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1916. 1916 had 40 records.

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

Records on 08-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1806	1
1808	1
1809	1
1810	1
1822	1
1830	1
1833	1
1847	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	4
1903	16
1904	13
1905	13
1906	24
1907	26
1908	17
1909	14
1910	20
1911	22
1912	57
1913	41
1914	6
1915	108
1916	40
1917	35
1918	526
1919	92
1920	39
1921	49
1922	90
1923	113
1924	150
1925	78
1926	85
1927	132
1928	101
1929	189
1930	356
1931	349
1932	226
1933	284
1934	580
1935	330
1936	318
1937	371
1938	308
1939	311
1940	385
1941	356
1942	303
1943	248
1944	312
1945	458
1946	430
1947	625
1948	1,166
1949	464
1950	480
1951	720
1952	513
1953	646
1954	532
1955	531
1956	447
1957	949
1958	521
1959	422
1960	250
1961	551
1962	496
1963	258
1964	481
1965	390
1966	378
1967	757
1968	586
1969	613
1970	504
1971	945
1972	877
1973	876
1974	884
1975	749
1976	923
1977	623
1978	790
1979	544
1980	818
1981	855
1982	643
1983	1,281
1984	815
1985	874
1986	648
1987	948
1988	873
1989	879
1990	1,463
1991	1,100
1992	1,053
1993	1,569
1994	1,918
1995	1,500
1996	1,038
1997	1,216
1998	1,546
1999	938
2000	870
2001	1,100
2002	988
2003	1,221
2004	1,076
2005	756
2006	849
2007	991
2008	820
2009	1,033
2010	1,205
2011	1,357
2012	845
2013	722
2014	673
2015	827
2016	472
2017	827
2018	598
2019	645
2020	510
2021	457
2022	960
2023	1,177
2024	882
2025	721
2026	955

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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 5	24
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1