Weather Records on 6 June 1931

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1931. Highest significance: Charlton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 6 June 1931

On 6 June 1931, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 431 daily.
Charlton Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 6 June 1931.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 6 June 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Galaquil East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dumosa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Towaninnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bangerang North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Cope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpienung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockinbingal 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Channel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Metcalfe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 June 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 June 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 431.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1931

Top 20 records on 6 June 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1931	Charlton Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Birchip Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Watchupga, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Corack East, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Narraport, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Donald Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Galaquil East, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Wycheproof (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Laen, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Quambatook South, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Dumosa, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Glenaroua, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Towaninnie, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	St Arnaud, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1931	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	43 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

1797 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1931. 1931 had 440 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 06-06 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1804	2
1805	1
1808	1
1809	1
1816	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	2
1856	1
1857	1
1861	2
1862	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	5
1872	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	4
1883	2
1884	1
1885	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1898	2
1899	12
1900	2
1901	9
1902	7
1903	5
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	22
1908	17
1909	9
1910	38
1911	16
1912	19
1913	31
1914	43
1915	18
1916	44
1917	173
1918	49
1919	50
1920	61
1921	92
1922	87
1923	157
1924	107
1925	455
1926	342
1927	279
1928	310
1929	177
1930	204
1931	440
1932	291
1933	717
1934	415
1935	441
1936	262
1937	370
1938	274
1939	360
1940	185
1941	338
1942	265
1943	459
1944	298
1945	889
1946	766
1947	251
1948	504
1949	311
1950	526
1951	480
1952	556
1953	390
1954	620
1955	267
1956	310
1957	428
1958	557
1959	476
1960	327
1961	629
1962	388
1963	437
1964	501
1965	458
1966	431
1967	553
1968	481
1969	712
1970	722
1971	411
1972	723
1973	552
1974	520
1975	712
1976	860
1977	1,105
1978	804
1979	542
1980	741
1981	1,027
1982	1,176
1983	1,082
1984	939
1985	1,236
1986	1,008
1987	949
1988	1,400
1989	1,272
1990	1,099
1991	1,094
1992	820
1993	1,373
1994	821
1995	1,260
1996	1,107
1997	1,327
1998	2,815
1999	1,151
2000	1,321
2001	1,039
2002	1,141
2003	998
2004	962
2005	990
2006	1,024
2007	1,012
2008	1,513
2009	1,057
2010	1,192
2011	1,064
2012	627
2013	482
2014	563
2015	662
2016	1,136
2017	491
2018	515
2019	606
2020	873
2021	992
2022	456
2023	589
2024	973
2025	546
2026	507

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Data for records on 1931-06-06: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	177
5 to 10	82
10 to 15	59
15 to 20	39
20 to 25	24
25 to 30	7
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	1