Weather Records on 6 August 1947

625 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1947. Highest significance: Maytown, AU.

Key Facts for 6 August 1947

On 6 August 1947, 625 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 561 daily.
Maytown set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 6 August 1947.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

625 stations

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

Weather records on 6 August 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Boughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barrett Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Eddy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

625 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 250, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 143.

Records on 6 August 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	250
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1947 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 56, daily 561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

459 broken records

Margins by which the 459 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1947

Top 20 records on 6 August 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1947	Maytown, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1947	Palmerville, AU	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1947	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1947	Cooktown Post Office, AU	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1947	Mulgrave Mill, AU	monthly rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1947	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	monthly rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1947	Ayton, AU	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1947	Cairns Post Office, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1947	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1947	Laura Post Office, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Atherton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Archer Point Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Malanda Post Office, AU	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Glendive, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1947	Sherkawan, IN	daily rain	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	20 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

1794 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1947. 1947 had 625 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 1947-08-06: 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	422
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2