Weather Records on 6 August 1945

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1945. Highest significance: Mount Lonarch, AU.

Key Facts for 6 August 1945

On 6 August 1945, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 444 daily.
Mount Lonarch set a monthly record daily precipitation of 92.2 mm (3.6 in) on 6 August 1945.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 6 August 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Lonarch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mologa Fine View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deolgaon Raja	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 227.

Records on 6 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1945

Top 20 records on 6 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1945	Mount Lonarch, AU	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1945	Westcliffe, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Moran, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Moonambel, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Grove Farm 1021, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Nalgonda, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Iola, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Lakin, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Cleveland 1, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Mologa Fine View, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Mathoura 2, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Bhimavaram, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Norwalk, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Pleasanton, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1945	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1945	Georgetown, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	34 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 458 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 1945-08-06: 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 10	299
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2