Weather Records on 6 August 1937

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1937. Highest significance: Mahespur, IN.

Key Facts for 6 August 1937

On 6 August 1937, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 358 daily.
Mahespur set a daily record precipitation of 130.6 mm (5.1 in) on 6 August 1937.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 6 August 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	46.2 C (115.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karunagapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nurpur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Triprayar	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 96.

Records on 6 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

283 broken records

Margins by which the 283 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1937

Top 20 records on 6 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1937	Mahespur, IN	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1937	Brantford, CA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1937	Gyzylarbat, TM	all-time high max	46.2 C (115.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1937	Raquette Lake, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1937	Koetong, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1937	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Mt Carmel 4 NW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Melur, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Alfred, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Norway House, CA	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Karunagapalli, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Williams, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Nurpur, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Effingham 3SW, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Portland, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1937	Avon, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	2 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 371 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	262
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1