Weather Records on 6 July 1939

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1939. Highest significance: Kealakekua 2 28.7, US.

Key Facts for 6 July 1939

On 6 July 1939, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
261 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 424 daily.
Kealakekua 2 28.7 set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 6 July 1939.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 6 July 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kealakekua 2 28.7	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Muir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Badnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pathankot	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 137.

Records on 6 July 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 424.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1939

Top 20 records on 6 July 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1939	Kealakekua 2 28.7, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1939	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1939	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1939	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1939	Clarksville, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1939	Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1939	Blair, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1939	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1939	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Marshall, US	monthly high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Hoopeston, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Hypoluxo, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Ida, ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Le Claire, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Shegaon, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Chazy, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Sirur, IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1939	Sigourney, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	26 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

1793 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 425 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1812	1
1813	1
1819	1
1821	1
1828	3
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	4
1883	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	5
1900	12
1901	7
1902	6
1903	2
1904	4
1905	8
1906	16
1907	9
1908	22
1909	22
1910	31
1911	45
1912	32
1913	18
1914	50
1915	83
1916	38
1917	26
1918	28
1919	36
1920	36
1921	80
1922	159
1923	177
1924	163
1925	160
1926	133
1927	255
1928	231
1929	106
1930	285
1931	489
1932	470
1933	310
1934	400
1935	222
1936	683
1937	385
1938	269
1939	425
1940	437
1941	337
1942	543
1943	349
1944	320
1945	337
1946	172
1947	506
1948	698
1949	405
1950	541
1951	623
1952	456
1953	656
1954	494
1955	388
1956	722
1957	359
1958	717
1959	285
1960	687
1961	501
1962	434
1963	350
1964	579
1965	442
1966	319
1967	684
1968	739
1969	786
1970	497
1971	412
1972	1,368
1973	1,196
1974	456
1975	743
1976	595
1977	848
1978	1,072
1979	1,092
1980	587
1981	1,016
1982	803
1983	1,002
1984	782
1985	874
1986	870
1987	636
1988	2,036
1989	838
1990	854
1991	888
1992	936
1993	1,419
1994	1,345
1995	779
1996	1,034
1997	792
1998	1,238
1999	1,603
2000	753
2001	1,020
2002	650
2003	723
2004	903
2005	927
2006	1,122
2007	1,303
2008	937
2009	935
2010	1,199
2011	617
2012	1,398
2013	607
2014	494
2015	1,160
2016	778
2017	808
2018	714
2019	523
2020	380
2021	746
2022	890
2023	548
2024	1,185
2025	619
2026	517

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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 July 1939
Margin	Records
0 to 10	263
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4