Weather Records on 6 August 1931

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1931. Highest significance: Borio, IN.

Key Facts for 6 August 1931

On 6 August 1931, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 330 daily.
Borio set a daily record precipitation of 154.9 mm (6.1 in) on 6 August 1931.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 6 August 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bansi	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 6 August 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 330.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

274 broken records

Margins by which the 274 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1931

Top 20 records on 6 August 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1931	Borio, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Chengannur, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Culbertson, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Soltau, DE	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Corning, US	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Paducah River, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Bantwal, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Charleston, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Portland, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1931	Galway, IE	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1931	Puri, IN	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1931	Alliance 1WNW, US	all-time rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1931	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	43.0 C (109.4 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1931	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1931	Paducah, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1931	Gumma, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1931	Pal-Lahara, IN	daily rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	29 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1931. 1931 had 349 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 20	243
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2