Weather Records on 6 August 1943

248 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1943. Highest significance: Panki, IN.

Key Facts for 6 August 1943

On 6 August 1943, 248 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 242 daily.
Panki set a daily record precipitation of 184.2 mm (7.3 in) on 6 August 1943.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

248 stations

248 station records on 6 August 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Garu	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chattarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bishrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Angiola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akhnoor	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

248 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 6 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1943

Top 20 records on 6 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1943	Panki, IN	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Elliston, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Tatarsk, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Steveston, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Garhwa, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Gadsden, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Delta, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1943	Sheohar, IN	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1943	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1943	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1943	St Petersburg, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1943	Jashpurnagar, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1943	Ashbourne, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1943	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1943	Przhevalsk, KG	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1943	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1943	Snowville, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	49 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 248 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	172
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1