Weather Records on 6 August 1972

877 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1972. Highest significance: Webster City, US.

Key Facts for 6 August 1972

On 6 August 1972, 877 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 855 daily.
Webster City set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 6 August 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

877 stations

877 station records on 6 August 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tisul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cravinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toulon	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bocaina (Fazenda Santa Clara)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Isabel Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguariuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost State Forest 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Praia Grande (Parana)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

877 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 422, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 August 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	422
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 August 1972 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 18, daily 855.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

697 broken records

Margins by which the 697 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1972

Top 20 records on 6 August 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1972	Webster City, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1972	Tisul, RU	monthly rain	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Burlington, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Iowa City, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Izmail, UA	daily rain	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Aledo, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Bakke, NO	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Newport, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Princeville, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	River Falls, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Iguape, BR	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Minonk, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Keithsburg, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Muscatine, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Pyalong West (Cavan Park), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1972	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	72 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1972. 1972 had 877 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 1972-08-06: 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 10	582
10 to 20	71
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1