Weather Records on 6 August 1995

1,500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1995. Highest significance: Grayson 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 6 August 1995

On 6 August 1995, 1,500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
689 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 81 monthly and 1,412 daily.
Grayson 3 SW set a daily record precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 6 August 1995.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,500 stations

1,500 station records on 6 August 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grayson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Blenheim Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tonala (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Piketon	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cranford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guarapari (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Union Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Itaoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Xilitla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Terra Alta #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,500 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 302, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 387, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 641.

Records on 6 August 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	302
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	387
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	641
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1995 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 81, daily 1,412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,124 broken records

Margins by which the 1,124 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 163.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1995

Top 20 records on 6 August 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1995	Grayson 3 SW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1995	Gallipolis, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1995	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1995	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	119 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1995	Blenheim Station, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1995	Oakland 1 SE, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1995	Gumlu Days Road, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1995	Palmerville, AU	daily low max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Alencon-Valframbert, FR	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Nantes-Bouguenais, FR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Tonala (Dge), MX	monthly rain	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Sibley, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Zara Station, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Creston, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Elgin Downs, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Finca Hamburgo, MX	monthly rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1995	Canaan Valley, US	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	55 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1995. 1995 had 1,500 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 1995-08-06: 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 25	982
25 to 50	103
50 to 75	27
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1