Weather Records on 8 June 1956

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1956. Highest significance: Musgrave, AU.

Key Facts for 8 June 1956

On 8 June 1956, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 530 daily.
Musgrave set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.7 mm (3.1 in) on 8 June 1956.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

549 stations

549 station records on 8 June 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yambuk (Avalon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Abu	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raj-Nilgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wooramel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 295.

Records on 8 June 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

460 broken records

Margins by which the 460 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1956

Top 20 records on 8 June 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1956	Musgrave, AU	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	69 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1956	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1956	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1956	Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1956	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1956	Tunnel Camp, CA	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1956	Balasore, IN	monthly rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 June 1956	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Clearwater, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Manfred, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Ayton, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Hatfield (Clare), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1956	Gunnawarra, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	49 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1956. 1956 had 549 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	399
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2