Weather Records on 6 July 1951

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1951. Highest significance: Augusta, US.

Key Facts for 6 July 1951

On 6 July 1951, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 383 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 598 daily.
Augusta set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 6 July 1951.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

623 stations

623 station records on 6 July 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minapur	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Urvakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chandi	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 154, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 229, Heaviest daily rainfall 157.

Records on 6 July 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	154
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	229
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1951

Top 20 records on 6 July 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1951	Augusta, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Purulia, IN	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Horton, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Kadiri, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Nelamangala, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Tumkur, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Gudibanda, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Waverly, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Seward AP, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Minapur, IN	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Gubbi Sr, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Chickballapur, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Raghopur, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Kanakapura, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Hana 354, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Lebanon 2W, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Paducah, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Salem, US	monthly low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1951	Chillicothe 2S, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	35 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 623 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 1951-07-06: 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	461
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2