Weather Records on 8 June 1946

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1946. Highest significance: Manamathurai, IN.

Key Facts for 8 June 1946

On 8 June 1946, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 269 daily.
Manamathurai set a daily record precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 8 June 1946.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 8 June 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitsett 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wye Wye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forbesganj	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barrett Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhainswal	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 672 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Unchhera	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 132.

Records on 8 June 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 269.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

219 broken records

Margins by which the 219 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1946

Top 20 records on 8 June 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1946	Manamathurai, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1946	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1946	Dhond, IN	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1946	Pet Jorhat, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1946	Whitsett 3 SW, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1946	Albany, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1946	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	31.9 C (89.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1946	Houma, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1946	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1946	Waraseoni, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	Santa Fe, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	Dilley, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	Balaghat, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	Wye Wye, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1946	Hungund, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	37 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 272 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 20	200
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1