Weather Records on 8 June 1951

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1951. Highest significance: Coolgardie Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 June 1951

On 8 June 1951, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 571 daily.
Coolgardie Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 8 June 1951.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 8 June 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Widgiemooltha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daveyhurst Mulwarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	202.4 mm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dobra Scritia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Byro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beebyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gidgee Birrigrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 468.

Records on 8 June 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	468
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 202.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1951

Top 20 records on 8 June 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1951	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1951	Widgiemooltha, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Mount Phillip, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Bulong, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Kookynie, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Minara, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Blikana, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Peedamullah, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Leonora, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Yarrabubba, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Itatira, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Shillong, IN	daily rain	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Daveyhurst Mulwarrie, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Menzies, AU	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Yundamindra, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Triunfo, BR	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	202.4 mm (8.0 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Sandstone, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1951	Steinkopf (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	47 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 593 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 1951-06-08: 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 50	502
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1