Weather Records on 6 August 1960

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1960. Highest significance: Falsterbo, SE.

Key Facts for 6 August 1960

On 6 August 1960, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 242 daily.
Falsterbo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 6 August 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 6 August 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malmo_2	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	219.0 mm (8.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norcross	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malmo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manteo	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longvalley	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Van Meter	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White Swan Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jhunjhunu	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 135.

Records on 6 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1960

Top 20 records on 6 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1960	Falsterbo, SE	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1960	Clarinda, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Malmo_2, SE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Jamalpur, IN	daily rain	219.0 mm (8.6 in)	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Karnaprayag, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Inwood 2 SW, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	10.9 C (51.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Bedford, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Norcross, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Newell, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Malmo, SE	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1960	Park River, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1960	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 August 1960	Manteo, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	33 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

1794 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1960. 1960 had 250 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	176
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1