Weather Records on 6 August 1975

749 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1975. Highest significance: Lexington, US.

Key Facts for 6 August 1975

On 6 August 1975, 749 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 289 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 695 daily.
Lexington set a daily record precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 6 August 1975.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

749 stations

749 station records on 6 August 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Strelka Chunja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nantahala	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cakir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bicura	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apiuna -Regua Nova (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Sauz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nykopings_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stjarnsund	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

749 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 187, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 164.

Records on 6 August 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	187
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1975 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 36, daily 695.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

592 broken records

Margins by which the 592 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1975

Top 20 records on 6 August 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1975	Lexington, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Rantoul, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Uppsala_Aut, SE	monthly high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	129 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Strelka Chunja, RU	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Nantahala, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Cakir, RU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Jonkoping, SE	all-time high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Vastervik, SE	daily high max	31.6 C (88.9 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Hartford 6 NW, US	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Coalcoman (Smn), MX	all-time rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Oxford, GB	daily high max	32.4 C (90.3 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Hamlin, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	monthly high max	33.8 C (92.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Gavle, SE	all-time high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Stockholm, SE	all-time high max	35.4 C (95.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Houma, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Bicura, RU	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Falun, SE	all-time high max	34.5 C (94.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1975	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	90 years	41 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 749 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 August 1975
Margin	Records
0 to 10	533
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1