Weather Records on 6 August 2001

1,100 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 2001. Highest significance: Norderney, DE.

Key Facts for 6 August 2001

On 6 August 2001, 1,100 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
817 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,034 daily.
Norderney set a daily record precipitation of 58.0 mm (2.3 in) on 6 August 2001.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

1,100 stations

1,100 station records on 6 August 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norderney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Olofstrom	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Biddinghuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stehag	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norra_Stroo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weerselo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Borkum-Suderstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heino_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ortrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ahuehuepan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belisario Dominguez I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Bosque (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Svalov	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Klippan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Voorthuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Autaugaville 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,100 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 413, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 404, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 165.

Records on 6 August 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	413
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	404
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 2001 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 54, daily 1,034.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

761 broken records

Margins by which the 761 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 2001

Top 20 records on 6 August 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 2001	Norderney, DE	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 August 2001	Chipley, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 August 2001	Olofstrom, SE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Elburg, NL	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Biddinghuizen, NL	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Two Harbors, US	all-time high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Tallahassee, US	daily rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Stehag, SE	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Greenville, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Livingston, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Norra_Stroo, SE	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Placerville 3SE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	107 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	88 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Farmington 3NW, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Smithfield, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2001	Hayward Rs, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	100 years	47 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 1,100 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 2001-08-06: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 20	732
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1