Weather Records on 6 July 1947

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1947. Highest significance: Drouin West, AU.

Key Facts for 6 July 1947

On 6 July 1947, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 477 daily.
Drouin West set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 6 July 1947.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 6 July 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boologooro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milly Milly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Perseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Willanthry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bijanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Healesville (Mount St Leonard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 340.

Records on 6 July 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1947

Top 20 records on 6 July 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1947	Drouin West, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Joliette, CA	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Boolathana, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Kudligi, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Ramanathapuram, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Vilatnikulam, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Doorawarrah, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Beenak, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Warburton, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Boologooro, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Milly Milly, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Jindivick, AU	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Davangire, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Namdalseid, NO	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Perseoni, IN	daily rain	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Banda, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1947	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)

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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 506 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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Data for records on 1947-07-06: 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	350
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1