Weather Records on 6 August 1955

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1955. Highest significance: Orillia, CA.

Key Facts for 6 August 1955

On 6 August 1955, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 520 daily.
Orillia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 6 August 1955.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

531 stations

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

Weather records on 6 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jetpur	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kishangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalsinghsarai	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 6 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

405 broken records

Margins by which the 405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1955

Top 20 records on 6 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1955	Orillia, CA	all-time rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1955	Wilpena Head Station, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Valod, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Mathabhanga, IN	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	St Lin des Laurentides, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Huntsville, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Huberdeau, CA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Alton, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Southampton, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Barrie, CA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Campbell, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Ft Robinson, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Brome, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Gore Bay, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Owen Sound, CA	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Nelson, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1955	Thetford Mines, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	39 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 531 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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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	361
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1