Weather Records on 6 June 1940

185 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1940. Highest significance: Chakrata Kalsi Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 6 June 1940

On 6 June 1940, 185 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 179 daily.
Chakrata Kalsi Sr set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 6 June 1940.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

185 stations

185 station records on 6 June 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waimanalo 794	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palana	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hartsel	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

185 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 79.

Records on 6 June 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 179.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

135 broken records

Margins by which the 135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1940

Top 20 records on 6 June 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1940	Chakrata Kalsi Sr, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1940	Sydney, CA	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1940	Wauneta, US	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1940	Rossland City Yard, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1940	Julesburg, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1940	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Achalpur, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Konni, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Chapman, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Yuma, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Leoti, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Bic, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Provincetown 3 NW, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Clinton, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Satna, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Stratton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1940	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	24 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

1797 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1940. 1940 had 185 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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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	103
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1