Weather Records on 6 July 2008

937 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 2008. Highest significance: Xicatlacotla (Cfe), MX.

Key Facts for 6 July 2008

On 6 July 2008, 937 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 284 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 889 daily.
Xicatlacotla (Cfe) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 126.0 mm (5.0 in) on 6 July 2008.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

937 stations

937 station records on 6 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Xicatlacotla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Salinillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tidaholm_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Oslo Blindern	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Weslaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gardermoen Sor	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hogemalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Skovde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Odeshog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kilagarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mariestad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Reinli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Mainero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Einavatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aquismon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forserum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Animskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nordstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrs Creek 6 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Chilchotla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ukkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Varne	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hassleby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Floter	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Remningstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Motala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	329.9 mm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Finca la Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mogen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gjettum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cruillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Habo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Djursatra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Temextla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rygge	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

937 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 197, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 386.

Records on 6 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	197
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	386
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 42, daily 889.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

751 broken records

Margins by which the 751 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 2008

Top 20 records on 6 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 2008	Xicatlacotla (Cfe), MX	all-time rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2008	Flahult, SE	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2008	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2008	Eidsvoll Verk, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2008	Salinillas, MX	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2008	Tidaholm_D, SE	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2008	Oslo Blindern, NO	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2008	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	110 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2008	Weslaco, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2008	Gardermoen Sor, NO	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Hogemalen, SE	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Skovde, SE	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Ramsjoholm, SE	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Franklin 2 NE, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Odeshog, SE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Hjo, SE	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Kilagarden, SE	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Mariestad, SE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2008	Reinli, NO	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	54 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2008. 2008 had 937 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	659
25 to 50	71
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1