Weather Records on 8 June 1940

230 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1940. Highest significance: Blakely, US.

Key Facts for 8 June 1940

On 8 June 1940, 230 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 225 daily.
Blakely set a daily record precipitation of 55.6 mm (2.2 in) on 8 June 1940.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

230 stations

230 station records on 8 June 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New River	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

230 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 June 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 225.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1940

Top 20 records on 8 June 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1940	Blakely, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Hebgen Dam, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Huehue 92.1, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Sassafras Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Oxford, GB	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Armagh, GB	daily high max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Beenak, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Jennings, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1940	Tirrengower, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1940	New River, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1940	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1940	Crow Agency, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1940	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1940	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	30 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 230 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	147
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1