Weather Records on 8 June 1947

550 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1947. Highest significance: Ashland, US.

Key Facts for 8 June 1947

On 8 June 1947, 550 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 530 daily.
Ashland set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 8 June 1947.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

550 stations

550 station records on 8 June 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
State Sanatorium	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	286.0 mm (11.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Eddy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Terrace	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaikalur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bissem-Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Antigonish	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

550 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 264.

Records on 8 June 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1947 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1947

Top 20 records on 8 June 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1947	Ashland, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	The Dalles, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Cheltenham 1 NW, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Huntington 1, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Jaley, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	State Sanatorium, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Carlisle, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Vauxhall, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Owings Ferry Landing, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Evanston 1 E, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Belsand, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Virginia City, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Payette, US	all-time rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Begusarai, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Phillipsburg, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Sunnyside, US	all-time rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1947	Pratapgarh, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 550 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	387
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1