Weather Records on 8 June 1939

244 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1939. Highest significance: Hastings, US.

Key Facts for 8 June 1939

On 8 June 1939, 244 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 241 daily.
Hastings set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 8 June 1939.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

244 stations

244 station records on 8 June 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Sutron	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saranac	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shergarh	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ratangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepat	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jawaja	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

244 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 123.

Records on 8 June 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

189 broken records

Margins by which the 189 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1939

Top 20 records on 8 June 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1939	Hastings, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1939	Appleton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1939	Seleng, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1939	Wayne, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1939	Grand Rapids Sutron, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1939	Mardan South, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Richmond, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Saranac, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Chhibramau, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Alma, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Port Washington, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Galway, IE	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	53 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1939	Yreka, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)

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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 244 records.

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

Records on 06-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1804	1
1808	1
1811	1
1816	1
1837	1
1838	1
1841	3
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	2
1862	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	5
1892	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	2
1902	3
1903	22
1904	4
1905	7
1906	30
1907	6
1908	40
1909	6
1910	11
1911	32
1912	48
1913	31
1914	56
1915	191
1916	51
1917	50
1918	48
1919	31
1920	71
1921	393
1922	88
1923	83
1924	175
1925	151
1926	119
1927	123
1928	134
1929	154
1930	292
1931	356
1932	304
1933	808
1934	364
1935	279
1936	240
1937	251
1938	347
1939	244
1940	230
1941	802
1942	307
1943	177
1944	403
1945	343
1946	272
1947	550
1948	787
1949	347
1950	1,153
1951	593
1952	358
1953	567
1954	312
1955	701
1956	549
1957	342
1958	423
1959	473
1960	301
1961	588
1962	301
1963	500
1964	581
1965	391
1966	368
1967	411
1968	617
1969	458
1970	576
1971	504
1972	780
1973	631
1974	835
1975	576
1976	494
1977	1,385
1978	1,035
1979	1,005
1980	739
1981	1,107
1982	649
1983	974
1984	1,088
1985	1,271
1986	729
1987	920
1988	1,230
1989	1,026
1990	691
1991	906
1992	825
1993	1,054
1994	1,246
1995	1,654
1996	1,751
1997	1,267
1998	1,402
1999	1,217
2000	1,298
2001	980
2002	971
2003	1,158
2004	1,197
2005	1,299
2006	863
2007	1,463
2008	1,771
2009	840
2010	710
2011	1,491
2012	577
2013	729
2014	732
2015	759
2016	747
2017	560
2018	385
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	402

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	144
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1