Weather Records on 6 August 1938

308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1938. Highest significance: Ramdurg, IN.

Key Facts for 6 August 1938

On 6 August 1938, 308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 303 daily.
Ramdurg set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 6 August 1938.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

308 stations

308 station records on 6 August 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jejuri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mandhata	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pottangi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kallakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

308 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 146.

Records on 6 August 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1938 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 303.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

253 broken records

Margins by which the 253 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1938

Top 20 records on 6 August 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1938	Ramdurg, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Khed, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Merrywinbone (Oreel), AU	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Nilakottai, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Kurgan, RU	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Weimar, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Karmala, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Penukonda, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Talegaon D-Dhera, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Jejuri, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Raiford State Prison, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1938	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1938	Dhulia, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1938	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1938	Sindgi, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	30 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 308 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 August 1938
Margin	Records
0 to 10	193
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	1