Weather Records on 6 August 1967

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1967. Highest significance: Holmogadd A, SE.

Key Facts for 6 August 1967

On 6 August 1967, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 729 daily.
Holmogadd A set an all-time record daily precipitation of 73.3 mm (2.9 in) on 6 August 1967.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 6 August 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Auraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tsalka	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Derapur	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gurnang State Forest (Oberon Y	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saittarova_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Girard State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	110.9 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 559.

Records on 6 August 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	559
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1967 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 22, daily 729.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1967

Top 20 records on 6 August 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1967	Holmogadd A, SE	all-time rain	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1967	Bjuroklubb, SE	all-time rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1967	Krambach Post Office, AU	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1967	Sofala Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1967	Umea, SE	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1967	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1967	Oberon (Jenolan Caves), AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1967	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1967	Lithgow (Birdwood St), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1967	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Glenara, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Moonan Flat (High St), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Auraiya, IN	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Mantova, IT	monthly rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1967	Hargraves (the Elders), AU	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	50 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1967. 1967 had 757 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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Data for records on 1967-08-06: 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	584
20 to 40	81
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3