Weather Records on 6 August 1942

303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1942. Highest significance: Erandol, IN.

Key Facts for 6 August 1942

On 6 August 1942, 303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 293 daily.
Erandol set a daily record precipitation of 105.7 mm (4.2 in) on 6 August 1942.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

303 stations

303 station records on 6 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Erandol	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prantij	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Radhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpuri(Rampur)	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhuj Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Navanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dhrangadhra	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chuda	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piute Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

303 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

228 broken records

Margins by which the 228 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1942

Top 20 records on 6 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1942	Erandol, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1942	Hinton 1, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1942	Junagadh, IN	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1942	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1942	Svirica, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1942	Tuskegee, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1942	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1942	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1942	Beaufort, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1942	New Westminster, CA	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Winnebago, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Prantij, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Greensboro, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Ravenna, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1942	Gavle, SE	daily low min	2.3 C (36.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	27 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 303 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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Data for records on 1942-08-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	205
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2