Weather Records on 6 July 2018

714 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 July 2018. Highest significance: Cheesman, US.

Key Facts for 6 July 2018

On 6 July 2018, 714 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
511 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 671 daily.
Cheesman set an all-time record daily precipitation of 98.3 mm (3.9 in) on 6 July 2018.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

714 stations

714 station records on 6 July 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 July 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fukuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	325.4 mm (12.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Radolfzell-Markelfingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Himeji	Japan	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mudjug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Osaka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nancheng	China	Record daily precipitation	214.4 mm (8.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iizuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	338.1 mm (13.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Takamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fukuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gifu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Okayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kyoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steubenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ueno	Japan	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loreto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adler	Russia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

714 records

Records set or tied on 6 July 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 329, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 159.

Records on 6 July 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	329
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 July 2018 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 24, daily 671.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 July 2018

Top 20 records on 6 July 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 July 2018	Cheesman, US	all-time rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	107 years	100 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 July 2018	Nagano, JP	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2018	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	all-time high max	45.6 C (114.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	101 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 July 2018	Fukuyama, JP	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Colac (Shire Office), AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	114 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Wakayama, JP	all-time rain	325.4 mm (12.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Nara, JP	monthly rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Radolfzell-Markelfingen, DE	daily rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Himeji, JP	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Mudjug, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Hikone, JP	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Kobe, JP	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Sumoto, JP	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Osaka, JP	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Puntilla, US	all-time high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Nancheng, CN	monthly rain	214.4 mm (8.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Budennovsk, RU	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Camarillo AP, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 July 2018	Iizuka, JP	all-time rain	338.1 mm (13.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	48 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 714 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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Data for records on 2018-07-06: 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	504
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1