Weather Records on 6 August 1941

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1941. Highest significance: Cowes, AU.

Key Facts for 6 August 1941

On 6 August 1941, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 350 daily.
Cowes set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 6 August 1941.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 6 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
French Island (Tankerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 135.

Records on 6 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1941

Top 20 records on 6 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1941	Cowes, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1941	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1941	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1941	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1941	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1941	Gormandale East, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1941	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1941	Yatchaw (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Nawadah, IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Gudur, IN	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Oracle, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Uccle, BE	daily low max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Angus 1 N, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1941	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	50 years	25 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 356 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 1941
Margin	Records
0 to 10	252
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1