Weather Records on 6 August 1969

613 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1969. Highest significance: Chita, RU.

Key Facts for 6 August 1969

On 6 August 1969, 613 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
220 were record highs and 228 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 597 daily.
Chita set a daily record precipitation of 83.4 mm (3.3 in) on 6 August 1969.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

613 stations

613 station records on 6 August 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Simlapal	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur(Jhirka)	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Todabhim	India	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mogzon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pachhar	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Romanovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulety	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nadhai	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	130.9 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joao Camara (Baixa Verde)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hilok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahwa (Mahwar)	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karymskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	146.2 mm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khetri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhopal	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

613 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 165.

Records on 6 August 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1969 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 597.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1969

Top 20 records on 6 August 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1969	Chita, RU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1969	Simlapal, IN	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Silda Belpahari, IN	daily rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Kirov, RU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Nimarana, IN	all-time rain	225.0 mm (8.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Santo Antonio, BR	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Ferozepur(Jhirka), IN	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Todabhim, IN	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Sao Jose de Mipibu, BR	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Greenville, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Mogzon, RU	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Sri Ranbirsingh, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Gurgaon, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Krasnyj Chikoj, RU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Pachhar, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Ramgarh, IN	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Natham, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Romanovka, RU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Ulety, RU	all-time rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1969	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	74 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 613 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 1969-08-06: 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	444
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2