Weather Records on 6 August 2010

1,205 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 2010. Highest significance: Nurnberg, DE.

Key Facts for 6 August 2010

On 6 August 2010, 1,205 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
826 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 29 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 1,112 daily.
Nurnberg set a daily record precipitation of 34.9 mm (1.4 in) on 6 August 2010.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

1,205 stations

1,205 station records on 6 August 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja_Gora	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brjansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bahia Tortugas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petrun	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paveletz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amderma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paveletz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orel	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,205 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 373, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 453, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 171.

Records on 6 August 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	373
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	453
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 2010 by timescale: all-time 29, monthly 64, daily 1,112.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

912 broken records

Margins by which the 912 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 2010

Top 20 records on 6 August 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 2010	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	129 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 August 2010	Winnsboro 5 SSE, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 August 2010	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Boras, SE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	115 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Friona, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Krasnaja_Gora, RU	all-time high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Enid Dam, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	35.7 C (96.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	114 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Brjansk, RU	all-time high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Kursk, RU	daily high min	25.9 C (78.6 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Louisburg, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Novi Sad, RS	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Hereford, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Vologda, RU	daily high max	36.4 C (97.5 F)	8.6 C (15.5 F)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Charleston Intl AP, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2010	Dzaore, RU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	46 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2010. 2010 had 1,205 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 2010-08-06: 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 10	843
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1