Weather Records on 6 August 1961

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1961. Highest significance: Kargopol, RU.

Key Facts for 6 August 1961

On 6 August 1961, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 503 daily.
Kargopol set an all-time record daily precipitation of 69.1 mm (2.7 in) on 6 August 1961.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 6 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	255.4 mm (10.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sihora Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	337.1 mm (13.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bohoribund	India	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandar	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lahar	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Niwar(Amehta)	India	Record daily precipitation	271.8 mm (10.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosthern	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Majgahan Hansraj	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colstrip	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madawaska	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tugaske	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ghansore	India	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 183.

Records on 6 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 33, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

424 broken records

Margins by which the 424 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 169.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1961

Top 20 records on 6 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1961	Kargopol, RU	all-time rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1961	Dawson, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Nowgong, IN	daily rain	255.4 mm (10.1 in)	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Blackfoot Dam, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Kunch, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Sparta, US	monthly rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Upper Sandusky, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Eagle, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Sihora Sr, IN	all-time rain	337.1 mm (13.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Bohoribund, IN	all-time rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Fort Simpson, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Farmerville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Bhandar, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Tweed, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Lahar, IN	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Niwar(Amehta), IN	all-time rain	271.8 mm (10.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Lost River, CA	all-time high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Marysville, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Jabalpur, IN	daily rain	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1961	Browning, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	58 years	37 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1961. 1961 had 551 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 25	401
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1