Weather Records on 6 August 1934

580 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1934. Highest significance: Cambay, IN.

Key Facts for 6 August 1934

On 6 August 1934, 580 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
376 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 536 daily.
Cambay set a daily record precipitation of 128.8 mm (5.1 in) on 6 August 1934.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

580 stations

580 station records on 6 August 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cambay	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borsad	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itahar	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Island 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chopda	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

580 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 220, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 84.

Records on 6 August 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	220
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1934 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 35, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1934

Top 20 records on 6 August 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1934	Cambay, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1934	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1934	Jalgaon, IN	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1934	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1934	Satna, IN	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1934	Oregon, US	all-time high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1934	Borsad, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1934	Itahar, IN	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Norton 9SSE, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Bredasdorp, ZA	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Healdsburg, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Muscatine 2, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Barrie, CA	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Mykland, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Surat, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Andenes, NO	daily high min	15.3 C (59.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Milbank 4 NW, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1934	Newport, US	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	37 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1934. 1934 had 580 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	424
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1