Weather Records on 6 August 1928

101 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1928. Highest significance: Galway, IE.

Key Facts for 6 August 1928

On 6 August 1928, 101 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 99 daily.
Galway set a daily record precipitation of 32.6 mm (1.3 in) on 6 August 1928.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

101 stations

101 station records on 6 August 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

101 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 39.

Records on 6 August 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 99.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

75 broken records

Margins by which the 75 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1928

Top 20 records on 6 August 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1928	Galway, IE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1928	Elmira, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Emporium 1 E, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Oelrichs, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Feodosiia, UA	daily low min	13.7 C (56.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Bathurst, CA	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Durango, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Keene, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Ozark, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Weldon, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Cottbus, DE	daily low max	16.6 C (61.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Buckeye, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1928	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 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

1794 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1928. 1928 had 101 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	53
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	5
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	2