Weather Records on 6 June 1942

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1942. Highest significance: Middalya, AU.

Key Facts for 6 June 1942

On 6 June 1942, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 258 daily.
Middalya set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 6 June 1942.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 6 June 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tirukoilur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hay River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milly Milly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boverdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Salmon 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarral Yarral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balgownie West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milguy (Myee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 June 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

209 broken records

Margins by which the 209 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1942

Top 20 records on 6 June 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1942	Middalya, AU	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1942	Tirukoilur, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1942	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1942	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1942	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1942	Hay River, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Fort St James, CA	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Ewing, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Bulken, NO	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Hay River, CA	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Cet Central England, GB	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Laurel, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Milly Milly, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Hafslo, NO	monthly rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Alexandria, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1942	Geary, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	26 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1942. 1942 had 265 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	168
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1