Weather Records on 6 June 1944

298 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1944. Highest significance: Malmesbury, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 June 1944

On 6 June 1944, 298 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 294 daily.
Malmesbury set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 6 June 1944.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

298 stations

298 station records on 6 June 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hattin	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porto da Folha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dongara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Acarape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

298 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 6 June 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

237 broken records

Margins by which the 237 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1944

Top 20 records on 6 June 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1944	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Vrugbaar, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Mingenew, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Uvalde, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Aquidaba, BR	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Bangarpet, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Helena 1 S, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Hattin, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Rena, NO	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Godegard, SE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Mexia, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Biri, NO	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	San Marcos, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1944	Mocambo, BR	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1944	Porto da Folha, BR	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1944	Coorow, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	31 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1944. 1944 had 298 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 20	215
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1