Weather Records on 6 August 1932

226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1932. Highest significance: Sanganer, IN.

Key Facts for 6 August 1932

On 6 August 1932, 226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 220 daily.
Sanganer set a daily record precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 6 August 1932.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

226 stations

226 station records on 6 August 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chomu	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahwa (Mahwar)	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Etmadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deoli	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

226 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 106.

Records on 6 August 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 220.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

173 broken records

Margins by which the 173 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1932

Top 20 records on 6 August 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1932	Sanganer, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	La Monte, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	Sapotra, IN	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	Karauli, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	Jaipur Obsy Sr, IN	monthly rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	Chomu, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	Ozark 6 NNW, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	Dausa, IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	Srimadhopur, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1932	Morganton, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1932	Owk, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1932	Gangapur, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1932	Elatma, RU	daily high min	20.5 C (68.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1932	Peapalli(Pyapali), IN	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1932	Dhakuakhana, IN	monthly rain	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1932	Mahwa (Mahwar), IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1932	Etmadpur, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1932	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1932	Scipio, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	24 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1932. 1932 had 226 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	152
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1