Weather Records on 6 August 1923

113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1923. Highest significance: Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU.

Key Facts for 6 August 1923

On 6 August 1923, 113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 110 daily.
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street) set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 6 August 1923.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

113 stations

113 station records on 6 August 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Point Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rollands Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bondi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

113 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 66.

Records on 6 August 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 110.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

90 broken records

Margins by which the 90 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1923

Top 20 records on 6 August 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1923	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Minto Surrey Street, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Pitt Town (the Manse), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Ballan, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1923	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1923	Cobbity (Roseneath), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1923	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1923	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1923	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1923	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1923	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	26 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1923. 1923 had 113 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 10	53
10 to 20	14
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1