Weather Records on 8 June 1948

787 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1948. Highest significance: Boggabilla Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 June 1948

On 8 June 1948, 787 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
344 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 784 daily.
Boggabilla Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 8 June 1948.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

787 stations

787 station records on 8 June 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Umbercollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milguy (Myee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Owens Gap (T.O.K.)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Glenrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakhurst 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarago (Willeroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Derriwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Alice (Eurella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

787 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 422.

Records on 8 June 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	422
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1948

Top 20 records on 8 June 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1948	Boggabilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Koele 693, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Umbercollie, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Harrison 1 NNW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Milguy (Myee), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Narromine (Mumble Peg), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Bingara Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Ganmain Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Owens Gap (T.O.K.), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Sorel, CA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1948	Upper Bingara (Emohta), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	40 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 787 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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Data for records on 1948-06-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	515
10 to 20	104
20 to 30	49
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2