Weather Records on 11 June 1940

388 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 June 1940. Highest significance: Valapady, IN.

Key Facts for 11 June 1940

On 11 June 1940, 388 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 384 daily.
Valapady set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 11 June 1940.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

388 stations

388 station records on 11 June 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 June 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria City Office	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

388 records

Records set or tied on 11 June 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 122.

Records on 11 June 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 June 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

317 broken records

Margins by which the 317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 June 1940

Top 20 records on 11 June 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 June 1940	Valapady, IN	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
11 June 1940	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1940	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1940	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1940	Marion, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1940	Peoria City Office, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1940	Astoria, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1940	Wai, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1940	Gainesville, US	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1940	Nidamangalam, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1940	Aberdeen, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1940	Karad, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1940	Chengam, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1940	New Westminster, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1940	Geneve Observatoire, CH	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1940	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1940	Malur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1940	Palacode, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1940	Salem, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1940	Attur, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	27 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 388 records.

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

Records on 06-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	2
1811	1
1812	1
1816	1
1821	1
1838	1
1841	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1869	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	5
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	15
1904	4
1905	9
1906	11
1907	23
1908	20
1909	22
1910	28
1911	59
1912	40
1913	32
1914	26
1915	44
1916	73
1917	157
1918	29
1919	27
1920	37
1921	109
1922	69
1923	199
1924	114
1925	138
1926	130
1927	181
1928	179
1929	132
1930	143
1931	200
1932	174
1933	589
1934	228
1935	243
1936	377
1937	386
1938	370
1939	344
1940	388
1941	623
1942	515
1943	216
1944	266
1945	702
1946	283
1947	754
1948	361
1949	461
1950	352
1951	417
1952	580
1953	585
1954	288
1955	1,073
1956	783
1957	599
1958	554
1959	315
1960	260
1961	390
1962	314
1963	707
1964	601
1965	405
1966	530
1967	494
1968	423
1969	620
1970	762
1971	368
1972	1,455
1973	803
1974	543
1975	622
1976	621
1977	530
1978	517
1979	745
1980	765
1981	866
1982	633
1983	596
1984	824
1985	725
1986	720
1987	494
1988	1,012
1989	879
1990	612
1991	922
1992	833
1993	938
1994	608
1995	1,273
1996	1,127
1997	1,067
1998	1,487
1999	916
2000	1,271
2001	1,027
2002	1,057
2003	857
2004	939
2005	1,828
2006	1,566
2007	778
2008	1,468
2009	1,012
2010	1,263
2011	918
2012	864
2013	892
2014	536
2015	583
2016	810
2017	760
2018	645
2019	915
2020	581
2021	1,036
2022	1,449
2023	570
2024	604
2025	724
2026	867

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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	271
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2