Weather Records on 6 June 1957

428 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 June 1957. Highest significance: Kahlotus 5 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 6 June 1957

On 6 June 1957, 428 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 412 daily.
Kahlotus 5 SSW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 51.1 mm (2.0 in) on 6 June 1957.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

428 stations

428 station records on 6 June 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 June 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kahlotus 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Atley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Widgiemooltha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon Lyon Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

428 records

Records set or tied on 6 June 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 6 June 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 June 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 148.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 June 1957

Top 20 records on 6 June 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 June 1957	Kahlotus 5 SSW, US	all-time rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1957	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 June 1957	Hukeri, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Atley, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Widgiemooltha, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Kooskia, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Pierce Rs, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Ritzville 1 SSE, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Bulong, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Conway Station, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Leeupoort, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Ora Banda, AU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Prosser, US	all-time rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Umatilla, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Laurel 3 W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Yuinmery, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high max	23.8 C (74.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 June 1957	Williamson, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	36 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1957. 1957 had 428 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	314
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1