Weather Records on 6 August 1964

481 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1964. Highest significance: Pundi, IN.

Key Facts for 6 August 1964

On 6 August 1964, 481 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
198 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 457 daily.
Pundi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 242.6 mm (9.6 in) on 6 August 1964.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

481 stations

481 station records on 6 August 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vandanmettu	India	Record daily precipitation	184.8 mm (7.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Anamalais	India	Record daily precipitation	312.0 mm (12.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	160.2 mm (6.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	260.2 mm (10.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ayikudi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	188.4 mm (7.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shencottah	India	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarhole	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Titimathi	India	Record daily precipitation	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sangola	India	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delicias (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

481 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 163.

Records on 6 August 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1964 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 18, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1964

Top 20 records on 6 August 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1964	Pundi, IN	monthly rain	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1964	Konda, IN	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1964	Poonampet, IN	daily rain	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1964	Vandanmettu, IN	monthly rain	184.8 mm (7.3 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1964	Anamalais, IN	monthly rain	312.0 mm (12.3 in)	139.8 mm (5.5 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1964	Sompeta, IN	daily rain	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	131.9 mm (5.2 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1964	Kalingapatam, IN	daily rain	160.2 mm (6.3 in)	111.4 mm (4.4 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Mercara Obsy Sr, IN	monthly rain	260.2 mm (10.2 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Devikulam, IN	monthly rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Mysore, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Kundha (Kailkund), IN	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Tekkali, IN	monthly rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Kallatty, IN	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Bhimunipatnam, IN	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Kumily, IN	monthly rain	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Bobbili, IN	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Channagiri, IN	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Ayikudi, IN	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1964	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	43 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1964. 1964 had 481 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	296
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2