Weather Records on 8 June 1955

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1955. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 8 June 1955

On 8 June 1955, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
319 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 684 daily.
Oxford set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 8 June 1955.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 8 June 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springs 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Herold (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ukmerge	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Piedmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 June 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 June 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1955

Top 20 records on 8 June 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1955	Oxford, GB	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	71 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1955	Vineland, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1955	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Barpukhuri, IN	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Irwin, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Wardensville R M Farm, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Zitacuaro, MX	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Thammampatty, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Nashville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Sandvig, DK	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Clear Spring 1 ENE, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Emmitsburg, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Hyndman, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Springs 1 SW, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1955	Woodstock 2 NE, US	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	41 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 701 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	541
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1