Weather Records on 6 July 1986

870 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 1986. Highest significance: Syracuse, US.

Key Facts for 6 July 1986

On 6 July 1986, 870 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
298 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 835 daily.
Syracuse set a daily record precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 6 July 1986.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

870 stations

870 station records on 6 July 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shenandoah	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta da Praia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kanopolis Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Domingos Martins (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boogardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Killara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yandal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Vicente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kopinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

870 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 175, Heaviest daily rainfall 314.

Records on 6 July 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	175
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 1986 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 29, daily 835.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 1986

Top 20 records on 6 July 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 1986	Syracuse, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 July 1986	Pawnee City, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 July 1986	Voru, EE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 July 1986	Clay Ctr, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Stockton 1 E, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Shenandoah, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Ponta da Praia, BR	daily rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Reutlingen-Betzingen, DE	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Haddam, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Hanover 4 S, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	El Dorado, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	General Wayne A Downing Intl A, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Clifton, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Kanopolis Lake, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Domingos Martins (Dnos), BR	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 1986	Rupert 3 WSW, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	76 years	42 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1986. 1986 had 870 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 2026-10-17 (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).