Weather Records on 6 June 1954

620 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1954. Highest significance: Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU.

Key Facts for 6 June 1954

On 6 June 1954, 620 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 361 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 573 daily.
Mount Wellington (the Springs) set a daily record precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 6 June 1954.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

620 stations

620 station records on 6 June 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hospet	India	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

620 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 197, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 June 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	197
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 June 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 47, daily 573.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1954

Top 20 records on 6 June 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1954	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Thule, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Triabunna (3 Boyle Street), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	St Albans, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Entrance, CA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Winnemucca AP, US	monthly low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Snug Primary School, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Wetaskiwin, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1954	Bothwell (Franklin Street), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	42 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

1797 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1954. 1954 had 620 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	435
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1