Weather Records on 6 August 2015

827 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 2015. Highest significance: Jonesboro 3 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 6 August 2015

On 6 August 2015, 827 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
604 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 801 daily.
Jonesboro 3 SSE set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 6 August 2015.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

827 stations

827 station records on 6 August 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tulihe	China	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stein (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buchten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Echt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Point Hicks (Lighthouse)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urmi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sullivan 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abeche	Chad	Record low minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caransebes	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

827 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 363, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 241, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 6 August 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	363
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	241
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 2015 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 21, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

653 broken records

Margins by which the 653 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 2015

Top 20 records on 6 August 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 2015	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 August 2015	Greenville, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 August 2015	Keams Canyon, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	105 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Columbus Metro AP, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Santa Rita, PR	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Newport, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Vernon, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Mersa Matruh, EG	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Wynne, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Tulihe, CN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	35.9 C (96.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Magdeburg, DE	daily high max	34.8 C (94.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	133 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Greenville, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Hillsboro, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Stein (L), NL	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	25.5 C (77.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Tartu-Toravere, EE	daily high max	30.7 C (87.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 2015	Buchten, NL	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	41 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 827 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 2015-08-06: 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 20	632
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1