Weather Records on 6 July 1955

388 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1955. Highest significance: Shaunavon, CA.

Key Facts for 6 July 1955

On 6 July 1955, 388 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 367 daily.
Shaunavon set an all-time record daily precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 6 July 1955.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

388 stations

388 station records on 6 July 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anatone	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sikraul	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grenora	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Semans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Echo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

388 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 165.

Records on 6 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

282 broken records

Margins by which the 282 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1955

Top 20 records on 6 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1955	Shaunavon, CA	all-time rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Khaga, IN	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Maple Creek, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Aneroid, CA	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Nashlyn, CA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Cadillac, CA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Lawrence, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Grangeville, US	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Anatone, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Shelbina, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Caron, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Cypress River, CA	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1955	Ceylon, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	40 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 388 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 1955-07-06: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	246
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1