Weather Records on 6 July 1981

1,016 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1981. Highest significance: The Dalles, US.

Key Facts for 6 July 1981

On 6 July 1981, 1,016 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
540 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 973 daily.
The Dalles set a monthly record daily precipitation of 26.4 mm (1.0 in) on 6 July 1981.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,016 stations

1,016 station records on 6 July 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fukaura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hatanga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karaby-Yala	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Genthin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Soroca	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malye Derbety	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 7ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elbow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	162.5 mm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Ilimsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ana Dias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomolsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frenchburg 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar City AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Do Gil (I.de Itaparica)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,016 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 307, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 366.

Records on 6 July 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	307
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1981 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 29, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

820 broken records

Margins by which the 820 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1981

Top 20 records on 6 July 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1981	The Dalles, US	monthly rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Fukaura, JP	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Suolovuopmi, NO	monthly rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Hatanga, RU	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Karaby-Yala, UA	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Kaslo, CA	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Genthin, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Soroca, MD	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Malye Derbety, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Minnedosa, CA	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	93 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Pineville, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Rochelle 7ENE, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Kushiro, JP	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1981	Brisco, CA	monthly rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	43 years	38 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

1793 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 1,016 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1812	1
1813	1
1819	1
1821	1
1828	3
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	4
1883	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	5
1900	12
1901	7
1902	6
1903	2
1904	4
1905	8
1906	16
1907	9
1908	22
1909	22
1910	31
1911	45
1912	32
1913	18
1914	50
1915	83
1916	38
1917	26
1918	28
1919	36
1920	36
1921	80
1922	159
1923	177
1924	163
1925	160
1926	133
1927	255
1928	231
1929	106
1930	285
1931	489
1932	470
1933	310
1934	400
1935	222
1936	683
1937	385
1938	269
1939	425
1940	437
1941	337
1942	543
1943	349
1944	320
1945	337
1946	172
1947	506
1948	698
1949	405
1950	541
1951	623
1952	456
1953	656
1954	494
1955	388
1956	722
1957	359
1958	717
1959	285
1960	687
1961	501
1962	434
1963	350
1964	579
1965	442
1966	319
1967	684
1968	739
1969	786
1970	497
1971	412
1972	1,368
1973	1,196
1974	456
1975	743
1976	595
1977	848
1978	1,072
1979	1,092
1980	587
1981	1,016
1982	803
1983	1,002
1984	782
1985	874
1986	870
1987	636
1988	2,036
1989	838
1990	854
1991	888
1992	936
1993	1,419
1994	1,345
1995	779
1996	1,034
1997	792
1998	1,238
1999	1,603
2000	753
2001	1,020
2002	650
2003	723
2004	903
2005	927
2006	1,122
2007	1,303
2008	937
2009	935
2010	1,199
2011	617
2012	1,398
2013	607
2014	494
2015	1,160
2016	778
2017	808
2018	714
2019	523
2020	380
2021	746
2022	890
2023	548
2024	1,185
2025	619
2026	517

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	770
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1