Weather Records on 6 August 1959

422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1959. Highest significance: Governador Dix-Sept Rosado, BR.

Key Facts for 6 August 1959

On 6 August 1959, 422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 406 daily.
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 6 August 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

422 stations

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

Weather records on 6 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pio IX (Patrocinio)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cococi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stephens Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

422 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 229.

Records on 6 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 406.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

342 broken records

Margins by which the 342 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1959

Top 20 records on 6 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1959	Governador Dix-Sept Rosado, BR	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1959	Pio IX (Patrocinio), BR	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1959	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1959	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Jucurutu, BR	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	La Harpe, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Carmi 6 NW, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Luakaha Lower 782, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Pedro II, BR	monthly rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Westcliffe, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1959	Beardstown, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	42 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 422 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	292
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1