Weather Records on 6 June 1955

267 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1955. Highest significance: Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU.

Key Facts for 6 June 1955

On 6 June 1955, 267 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 262 daily.
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head) set a daily record precipitation of 121.9 mm (4.8 in) on 6 June 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

267 stations

267 station records on 6 June 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kathleen Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrawa (Hollywood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

267 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 June 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 June 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 262.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

206 broken records

Margins by which the 206 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1955

Top 20 records on 6 June 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1955	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1955	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1955	Poretskoye, RU	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1955	Taipu, BR	monthly rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1955	Wilsons Patch, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1955	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1955	Edjudina, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1955	Minden, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1955	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Shelbina, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Booylgoo Spring, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	New Madrid, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Peak Hill, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Pudukkottai, IN	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Rosedale, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Kathleen Valley, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 June 1955	Encinal, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 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

1797 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1955. 1955 had 267 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	189
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2