Weather Records on 6 July 1959

285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1959. Highest significance: Chippewa Lake, US.

Key Facts for 6 July 1959

On 6 July 1959, 285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 280 daily.
Chippewa Lake set a daily record precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 6 July 1959.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

285 stations

285 station records on 6 July 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fazilka	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Klein Australie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amreli	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thirthahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	229.6 mm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	184.1 mm (7.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rudrapur/Kitchha	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Urania	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	130.5 mm (5.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

285 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 6 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1959

Top 20 records on 6 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1959	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Kharar, IN	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Kilba, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Sangli, IN	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Dadahor, IN	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Fazilka, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Klein Australie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Tibri, IN	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1959	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1959	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1959	Telhara, IN	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1959	Baran, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1959	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1959	Hissar, IN	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1959	Ferozepur Sadar, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1959	Amreli, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1959	Thirthahalli, IN	daily rain	229.6 mm (9.0 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 July 1959	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 285 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 1959-07-06: 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	191
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1