Weather Records on 6 June 1956

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1956. Highest significance: Jamestown State Hosp, US.

Key Facts for 6 June 1956

On 6 June 1956, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 301 daily.
Jamestown State Hosp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 124.0 mm (4.9 in) on 6 June 1956.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 6 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sanehighat	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bamfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pettibone	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vredenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spruce	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chandauli	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 190.

Records on 6 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1956

Top 20 records on 6 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1956	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1956	Linton, US	all-time rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1956	Edmore 4NW, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Tibri, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Grafton, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Fort Simpson, CA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Serampore, IN	daily rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Park River, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Bear Creek, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Supaul, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	King River, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Kopati(Kaupati), IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Sri Ranbirsingh, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Hilliard, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1956	Manoharpur, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	35 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1956. 1956 had 310 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 10	198
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1